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   Chris to Qihe   
   Re: Missing this app   
   05 Jan 26 21:47:55   
   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Qihe  wrote:   
   > Arno Welzel  ha scritto:   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > |   
   >> 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.   
      
   You can get surprisingly good results. For most purposes they are easily   
   good enough. Depending on the quality of your phone's camera, obviously.   
      
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   > Thanks, I'll give them a try.   
   >   
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