Re: New HA Project - Electronic Filer

["Dave McLaughlin" <dave@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Dan,

For touch screens check this company out.

http://www.dmccoltd.com/english/touch_screen/default.html

I bought a 6.5" touch screen and controller for 105 quid inc when all
others
where at least 200.

The contact I have is Andrew Crook at Trident Displays who are the agents
in
the UK.

andrewc@xxxxxxx
This is an excellent unit and works very well under Windows 2000 that I
have
intalled on a 233Mhz single board computer.

Regards
Dave...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Khan" <dan@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:16 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] New HA Project - Electronic Filer


> 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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