Shoot documents with your camera and scan them to PDF using ClickToScan
You’re out in the field and realize you need to have a usable copy of a document that’s been presented in a meeting. No worries with clicktoscan, a new service that is in beta. Just shoot the document with your camera phone and clicktoscan will scan it so you can copy, fax or email it to others. The service uses proprietary software to process the image to optimize it for producing legible copies in PDF format. The service will fax or email it for you once the scanning has been performed, turning your camera phone into a productivity center. The clicktoscan web site mentions it is perfect for capturing whiteboard information to get it into a form that can be used by the attendees who need access to the information that was produced during the meeting. Scanned documents are stored on the clicktoscan servers, and the service is free to try during the beta period. Me, I’ll continue to use OneNote Mobile for taking my photos of documents and importing them into OneNote 2007 where they are OCRed for searching.
-jk
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Have you tried this? I wonder how it compares to Scanr.
Tim: Registering as a beta user at http://www.clicktoscan.com is free, so you can easily give it a try. You’ll notice that Clicktoscan allows you to go back to documents you’ve previously scanned, either from your PC or from your phone. In that sense it is a real document management system beyond scanning. Since you get free online storage for your documents, you always have them available. Clicktoscan has also been tested through carrier networks worldwide, so you don’t have to worry about it working or not depending on where you are.
I hope that you take a chance to test it, and look forward to your comments about how to improve it.
Nathan, from the clicktoscan team