What if you just stored a bitmap of the card. I know, I know, it would be a
memory hog
(perhaps ruling out the handheld again in addition to the reasons Bruce
mentioned).
And, if you were just storing the bitmaps, you would have to manually enter
their image
into an address book-like database so you could recall them. Highly
ineffective in a Palm
application. Okay, so never mind, I think it's a terrible suggestion.
(sorry for using up
the bandwidth :)
John
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce
Hall
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 11:25 AM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Re: Question about scanning
I don't know the Symbol Badge unit, but if it does what I suspect it
translates its scan into numeric data that is then fed to the handheld via
the serial port, like a barcode reader. What the CardScan unit provides is
a bitmap scanned image of the business card that then must be analyzed and
turned into text - very CPU and memory intensive (this alone might rule the
handheld out), and OCR is pretty complex stuff to write. I'd call CardScan
and get them to port it, if it's possible at all.
Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Krausse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Question about scanning
> Yes CardScan, not ScanCard. Opps. Well this same idea but different. I
need
> the card scanner
> to attach to the palm if it could, just like a Symbol Badge reader
attaches
> to the Symbol Palm
> unit...
>
> > Actually, the company is CardScan (if it's the one I'm thinking of), and
> > they supply a scanner and full OCR software that lets you put the card
> info
> > into a local address book, then export it to ACT, Exchange, etc. I own
> one
> > and it works well. I suppose the card could be exported to the Palm (et
> al)
> > PC address book pretty easily, then synched with the Palm on the next
> > Hotsync. I haven't seen the latest release of CardScan's software but
I'd
> > expect they support handhelds.
> >
> > Anyway, the scanner isn't much good without the OCR software. Do you
> > propose to port that to the Palm?
> >
> > Bruce
> >> --- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Ralph Krausse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 10:24 AM
> >> Subject: Question about scanning
> >>
> >>
> >> If anyone would know, it would be you guys and gals. I am looking to
> >> import
> >> business cards into a palm. I know a company called ScanCard builds a
> >> scanner that scan business cards but I need it to connect to the
Symbol,
> >> Palm, Handspring, etc. Is there something out there or does anyone know
> of
> >>a
> >> company that can build a reader like this?
> >>
> >> thanks
> >> Ralph Krausse
>
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