Sorry if this seems like a really stupid question, but will this scanner only scan individual sheets? Does it not do books?
Kirsten Sent from my iPhone On 21 Jul 2013, at 15:30, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Betty, > > I have never tried to use OCR on handwritten letters or notes. You may get > some results if somebody had printed the note very carefully, but I think at > this point most OCR programs do not handle handwriting well at all and you > will most likely get jibberish. > > I am not sure what you mean by “does it say picture”. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Betty Emmons > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 3:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Review of Fujitsu Scansnap iX500 Sheetscanner and Scansnap app > > how does it deal with hand written print on pages? also does it say picture? > Betty Emmons > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 2:00 AM > Subject: Review of Fujitsu Scansnap iX500 Sheetscanner and Scansnap app > > Hello List, > > I just purchased a Fujitsu Scansnap iX500 scanner for my business and wanted > to briefly mention/review it since it is capable of scanning directly to an > iOS device wirelessly via the Scansnap app which is available for free in the > app store, see link: > > https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/scansnap-connect-application/id464728181?mt=8 > > This is not a solution for everybody since the iX500 is $500, it still is on > sale right now at www.MemoryExpress.com in Canada for $439.95. > > The iX500 is a Sheetscanner (no flatbed) with a very small footprint, it can > scan double sided pages in one pass at a rate of 25 pages per minute and has > an impressive feature set. Here is a link to the Scansnap iX500: > > http://scanners.fcpa.fujitsu.com/scansnap11/iX500.html > > I installed the scanner yesterday and it was very straight forward. The > initial setup has to be done on the computer and I believe this scanner would > not work with something like Openbook directly since it uses its own driver > instead of a standard TWAIN driver. One could of course scan the image and > then import and recognize the image in Openbook. > After I connected it to my WiFi I opened the app on my iPhone 4S and the > scanner was immediately recognized. As soon as I opened the app, Jaws now > says “Connection of iX500 has been switched to the mobile device”. > If I put a page or for that matter up to 50 pages into the paper infeed tray > and then tap the scan button in the app which, by the way appears to be fully > accessible, the scanner starts feeding pages through at a rate of just over 2 > seconds a page. The scanned file then appears in the file list of the app and > it has a default name that is the current date and time. When I double tapped > on the file the “Open In” dialogue popped up and I was able to open the scan > in Prizmo and recognize it… beautiful. > As soon as I exit the app Jaws says “iX500 is ready to scan” which means it > has disconnected from the app and is once again ready to scan to the PC. > > The primary use of that scanner at my business is to scan all paperwork, > invoices, statements and so on since I only keep digital copies and no paper > copies. Typically my staff does this, but on the PC it is also very simple, I > can just put a page or pages in the tray, press the scan button on the > scanner and the pages are scanned. At the end a screen pops up and I can > select to Save to a Folder, send the scan to email, send it to the printer > (for photocopying) or I can directly to applications like Word, Excel etc. > The Save to Folder function is simple, it shows a Save As dialogue with the > default file name (date and time) which can be edited, then there is a Browse > button where I can select the folder where I want to save the scan. Once I > press Save that window closes and I can start the next scan from the scanner. > > You can even feed embossed cards like credit cards through the feeder and it > will take paper as small as a business card and as wide as 8.5. For really > small or flimsy receipts the scanner comes with a carrier sheet. It consists > of 2 transparent sheets of thin plastic which are glued together only at the > short top edge. You put the receipt in between and then feed the carrier > sheet through with the laminated edge going in first… once again brilliant > and there is no need to use a glue stick and glue a small piece of paper onto > a bigger piece so you can feed it through the scanner. > > Fujitsu even makes a portable Scansnap which is not much bigger than a large > role of Saran wrap in its cardboard box and which I think costs $200, but > it’s USB only. If they came out with a new model which maybe could use > Bluetooth to connect to the phone and hence the Scansnap app, this would be > the ultimate portable scanning solution except of course if it is a book > which you can’t feed through the sheet feeder without cutting the binding. > > At $500 this may not appeal to many, but some on this list might have a need > for a desktop scanner. Given the fact that this scanner can send scanned > images straight to an iPhone (and Android device for that matter) and that > the app is accessible and allows for OCR via the Open In menu and Prizmo, the > iX500 is a fantastic solution and it performs many functions that are useful > for a blind user automatically such as removing blank pages, automatic colour > detection, automatic detection of double sided documents etc. It seems all > one really needs to do is put the page(s) in and press Scan. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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