Re: New HA Project - Electronic Filer

["baker_darren" <darren@xxxxxxx>]

Good choice Daniel, I use the same solution, Strobe Pro NT &
Paperport. I've been using it for years on all Windows OS's including
XP with excellent results.

Regards,
Darren

--- In ukha_d@y..., "James, Daniel" <daniel.james@e...> wro= te:
> Hi Dan
>
> I do this at home, using a scanner made by visioneer, its a sheet
fed
> scanner, about the size of an empty kitchen roll tube.
>
> I use this with a piece of software called "Paperport" as it= offers
very
> good compression, and you don't have to faf around setting it up.
>
> To scan you simply push the piece of paper into the scanner, the
software
> starts up and scans the page, each page is scanned in around 10
seconds.
>
> http://www= .visioneer.com/products/sheetfed.html this is the
scanner, it
> comes complete with software, for around =A3150 - =A3200, I brought mine from
> Insight.
>
> If you want any further info let me know.
>
>
> Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Khan [mailto:dan@t...]
> Sent: 19 April 2002 10:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > 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 p= ut
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 ma= inly 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 pla= yed
> 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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