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New HA Project - Electronic Filer


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  • Subject: New HA Project - Electronic Filer
  • From: "Dan Khan" <dan@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:16:55 +0100
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Hi Guys,

Apart from a few bits of cabling still to be done, I have the seeds of a
new HA project for my kitchen.  I've always wanted an excuse to put a PC
or terminal in the kitchen, but have had trouble justifying this to the
missus, as a recipe DB and barcode scanner have not really cut the
mustard.

So, my latest plan is an "Electronic Filer" that consists mainly of an
automatic doc scanner and a touch screen interface (with custom UI) so
that any letters/bills that come in can simply be dropped into the
scanner to be scanned and then the user presses a few buttons on the
display to choose a folder to file in - simple and saves our piles of
paper sitting in various places not getting filed.  The entire operation
should literally take seconds to scan, seconds to file.

The obvious benefit of this being in the kitchen is that letters can be
scanned after they are opened in the morning.  Also, once the doc is
scanned, there are lots of options to do things like OCR-ing and full
text indexing in the background (if necessary).

Ideally I need a small scanner that will scan when it detects a doc
inserted and a reasonably priced touchscreen.  Any ideas on these items?
Anyone heard of scanning software that sounds useful for this task - or
even a simple scanning API so I can do it myself?  Has anyone played
around with any sort of Twain SDKs or similar?

My server room (i.e. utility room) is next to the kitchen and already
runs two servers so I could simply extend the display/input from one of
these into the kitchen.

Better still, has anyone else accomplished this in their own house?

Any help gratefully appreciated.

-Dan



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