From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Wales Subject: Re: [OT] Scanning for archiving Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 16:35:11 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87vcqy6vtl.fsf@praet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:56217) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMpla-00040B-Iv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:35:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMplZ-0004Wb-Ew for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:35:14 -0400 Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169]:33499) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMplZ-0004WV-BX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:35:13 -0400 Received: by iaae16 with SMTP id e16so3348794iaa.0 for ; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:35:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87vcqy6vtl.fsf@praet.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Pieter Praet Cc: Org Mode , Marcelo de Moraes Serpa I used to find that 8-bit 75dpi was legible and small. What ADF scanners are out there for Linux that have high quality reliable ADF, are fast, and work well with CLI tools? Is OCR at the point where it is feasible using CLI? Combining that with a new feature to have the Org agenda work with indexers (I participated in a discussion on that here a long while back) would be interesting. On 2011-11-05, Pieter Praet wrote: > NOTE: When attempting something like this, a fast scanner with a *reliable* > automatic document feeder will help prevent premature hair loss ;) ... > [1] http://djvu.org/resources/whatisdjvu.php > [2] http://gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net/