On 06.03.2012 18:02, todd rme wrote:
2012/3/6 José Manuel Santamaría Lema<panfa...@gmail.com>:
Scanner kio slave. An easy scanner interface using file managers
(like the current CD ripper kio slave). There would be a folder for
each scanner. When the folder is opened it will pull in a preview
from that scanner. There would then be folders for supported
resolutions, with individual files for common paper sizes, the whole
scanner area, auto-detected pictures (i.e. if you can multiple
pictures at the same time) and, if available, text files for OCR.
Dragging one of these to the filesystem will trigger a full scan with
those settings.
Thats a nice thought from a technical POV but imo thats not what a user
wants.
Think of typical usecases:
- I want to scan a pile of photos me and my blue Opel Kadett in 1986.
For that, the scan app should detect the borders, maybe deskew and
turn a bit and save automatically.
- I want to scan a letter or newspaper snippet and ocr it.
- I want to do a photocopy - that could be a nice plasma app imo, just a
typical copy machine button to press, maybe a switch between color and
grayscale. The app would scan and print automatically.
- I want to scan a bunch of form documents and know where a barcode is
located on them, which should be read automatically.
These kind of things. Not sure if a kio is cool for any of these.
Klaas
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