Could I scan notes that are handwritten in pencil?
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I don't see why not! As long as its on paper that you can scan it through, it shouldn't be a problem. I haven't tried that, but I don't see why you can't.
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Nope - no handwriting recognition/transcription on Scansnaps. At least not on the S300 or discontinued S510 models. The OCR is used only to take the scanned images (all scans with these scanners are as images) and convert the text to searchable text. Evernote has handwriting recognition, though I haven't used it much and don't know how accurate it is. I believe that Microsoft OneNote 2007 also can do this; OneNote 2010 might be improved over the previous version. Scansnap is not very good at all for document organization. As a matter of fact it is pretty poor. E.g., you cannot import any other documents (PDF) and have them made searchable; only that which was scanned with the Scansnap. So if you have a lot of PDF documents already you would have to scan them all over again. Also, Scansnap doesn't allow you to use Paperport with it, like most scanners do. Jim
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Yes. If its single sided originals, it can be done in one shot. Double sided originals will require scanning the other side as well.
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I was able to scan sheet music using the book mode and then I imported into my iPad and was able to use it directly in a pdf reader. I use Evernote, but any will do! I did not have any alignment problems.
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Yes you can scan anything....book, magazine, object, receipt etc. Check out the solo8 Hovercam model. It is brand new and much better, but higher in price of course.
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Hi Dayna B.! Maureen here from The Friendly Swede:-) The answer is most likely no, unless you have a note taking app to use them with. These are not a fine tip, so the accuracy needed for handwriting on your screen is not optimal. Unfortunately we do not carry a fine tip stylus for handwritten notes yet. Anything else, please let me know here at this link:
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Yes, you can scan a book and magazine without the paper feeder. It works best on flat surface but it does drain the batteries quickly.
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I am not sure, but if you scan a document as a PDF document then you can edit your scanned document on your smartphone or tablet using the " PDFpen for iPad " app. It is a little pricey ( about $15.00 ), but well worth it, considering the many things you can do with it. In this app you can edit the document, including making notes in longhand and highlight text with different highlight colors. You can purchase PDFpen for iPhone or PDFpen for iPad in the App Store. I think there is, also, an android version.
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I have experienced some of the same problems when I've attempted to scan copies of documents on my printer that are written in pencil and/or not of very good quality in their printing. The solution for me was to use the scan function via my computer, then save it to a folder, and print it from there. That way, the quality was better and easier to discern. I'm not sure why this works when simply scanning from the printer does not, but it worked for me.
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No I don't think so. I believe those pages are too thick.I would def use a flatbed scanner for those!This is mostly for the thickness of a single print or piece of paper.I think the largest page of paper was 8-1/2x 11 but it was just standard paper thickness.I hope this helps!
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It can b, t doable. The software included in th scanner driver contins OCR (Optical Character Recognition).If you scanning a clean document, the OCR will recognize text, so it wll be possble to save it as a text document and later format and convert into Word document.
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No, you cannot edit documents scanned in this way directly. This device only helps you take a good picture of the document... so top edit, you would need to get Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to read the text in the picture. That's not handy.
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Probably, but I would not recommend. This model is very demanding about paper and source settings, and multiple users would trip constantly over that problem. In addition., you could probably not scan to software effectively.
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On my scanner mouse there is a small button on the left side of the mouse. Just hit that button and start moving the mouse on your document and it will scan.
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No, but if you connect a smart phone or tablet you can look through past notes.
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It is possible. I used it to scan manuals and large books. It works out ok, requires a little editing afterwards (rotation).
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You can also manually scan double-sided pages. The software leads you through the process. Very easy to do.