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   Qihe to All   
   Re: Missing this app   
   05 Jan 26 17:29:04   
   
   From: Q@invalid.invalid   
      
   Arno Welzel  ha scritto:   
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   > I doubt that any app exists for this   
   .   
   So do I. Maybe on 2012 (some old sources wrote about that accusoft   
    app) but not nowadays anymore.   
      
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   >  There is no "generic" USB scanner protocol - so maintaining an app like   
   this would mean a lot of work and   
   > money to spend for it to support existing scanners on the market   
   .   
   On Linux there is "Sane" (xsane, simple scan...) that works fine   
    with several scanners. So maybe it's not impossible to get it on   
    android. I mean theoretically.   
      
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   >  Since only a very small number of people would ever like to connect their   
   old   
   > USB scanner to an Android device, I don't think, that any company will   
   > offer such a thing now.   
   >   
   I am with you.   
      
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   > However there are a number of "scanner" apps for Android which take a   
   > picture of a document using the camera of the phone and create a PDF   
   > based on that. For example:   
   >   
   Not exactly the same clear PDF than you can get with a real   
    scanner though.   
      
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   Thanks, I'll give them a try.   
      
      
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