scan2docx

[scanner]

hello!

any opinion on this?

http://www.scan2docx.com/

thanks!

[mjklin]

Looks interesting...have you requested a quote?

I figure anything requiring a quote is going to be expensive, and yet there's not much to this system beyond a glorified webcam.

[scanner]

its about 500 euro + shipping, but they offer a testing period, when you can return it (minus shipping/handling probably)

what you mean by glorified webcam?

their camera looks interesting and when I was trying to build my own system, I was looking into cameras like that

I need to know more about cameras like that

[Heelgrasper]

what you mean by glorified webcam?

By the looks of it the optics would be of a inferior quality compared to a traditional digital compact camera. 5 MP is also quite low, something you would have seen 5 years ago. There's a reason that the usual recomendation for DIY bookscanners are 10 MP.

[mjklin]

By "glorified webcam" I meant that it looks more like this:

http://www.lettouch.com/bussines/Mall/g ... px?gi=3167

Which costs only about $150. Is there that much more quality in the picture to justify the price?

[andrew_marshall]

Hello there

In the meantime, we have released a new version of Scan2Docx, which costs only USD 198.00 or EUR 179.00. Take a look at the following photos:

http://www.scan2docx.com/en_US/products/gallery/

Below is a quote from our marketing materials:

Scan2Docx - Portable Document Scanner

Scan2Docx is a very fast, portable document scanner to scan entire pages, books, magazines and 3D objects. The system consists of a foldable document scanner and a software application for Microsoft® Windows.

Key Features

- Camera-based document scanner.
- Scan entire page in 2 seconds.
- High resolution at 200 dpi.
- Highly portable, weighing only 500 g (1.2 lb).
- Share scans immediately with others via drag and drop.
- Includes intuitive software and OCR.

If you would be interested in testing the re-designed model, please do not hesitate to contact us.

http://www.scan2docx.com/en_US/contact/overview/

Disclaimer: I work for The Imaging Source, manufacturer of the document scanner.

With best regards

Andrew

[daniel_reetz]

Hey Andrew, thanks for the notification. It's fine if you want to post information about your product in this thread. People here are convinced by real-world sample images. If you want to share a few of those, we'd be interested to see the performance of your scanner.

[andrew_marshall]

Hello Daniel

We are actually working on a new section of the web site that will contain exactly what you are asking for.

It is still in development, but the new section will contain at least 20 sample images, directly from the document scanner that can be viewed online and downloaded for close scrutiny.

That is what you are after, right?

Andrew

[daniel_reetz]

Yes. Please post a link here when you have it done.

[andrew_marshall]

Hello Daniel

The new section on the web site will be published next week. In the meantime, you can take a look at the sample scans on our Google+ page:

https://plus.google.com/104720388726602 ... QqSFe77Ea8

You can download the actual BMPs from the document scanner at http://goo.gl/UbbJv .

We would be delighted to hear your feedback.

Thanks in advance.

Andrew