Use your digital camera as a mobile scanner

First off, Happy New Year everyone! Let's hope 2009 is simply a great year.

Now, those of you who know me know I've promoted the idea of snapping photos of important documents (invoices, RFIs, etc.) on job sites with digital cameras (instead of scanners) for a few years now. I think digicams are a great way to integrate paper-based documents into a digital construction workflow. Most people just instinctively think "scanner" when they think about how to get paper documents into a digital form.

You do need a scanner if you need a highly accurate, high-quality image of a document for record-keeping or printing purposes, but in the case of most non-contract construction docs, that level of accuracy is not necessary. A simple image of a receipt, sketch, or subcontractor RFI will oftentimes do the trick.

Enter the lowly digital camera. Just point and shoot at the document in question, and upload to the collaboration service of your choosing.

Snapter is software that will auto-correct and clean up your digital photos of paper documents and get them ready for sharing. It's great to see tools like Snapter helping people incorporate the digital cameras they already have into the effort of making their projects more efficient. Check it out and let us know how it works for you.

Comments

[Scanner Roller Kit]

Wow, I've never heard of Snapter. I'll definitely look into it, thanks for the post.

[digital camera reviews]

i think this is so cool. Snapter is such a cool tool. i am always using my scanner for everything now i just use me phone.

[SNMP Scanner]

Thanks for taking time to help....

[TheScannerStore.com]

Never heard of snapter. Thanks!

Canon Scanners

[t-shirt personnalisé]

there are a lot of app now for iphone with which you can scan (take a picture of)some object with your phone and convert it directly on pdf.

[business card scanner]

Great idea. but I don't know..maybe if the camera had an automate pdf file system and auto wifi file sending, it was worth it..otherwise, I use this method only if I really have to.

[business card scanner]

Scanners are not that expansive these days. I'd rather use a real scanners for my dailys. Nevertheless, rhat's a pretty cool gadget.

[oil purifier]

How and from where to downlode scanner and camers hardware in my pc?

[Transformer Oil Purifier]

Never heard of snapter. Thanks!