I was using #OfficeLens for #scanning documents with my #Android phone and saving them to PDF, because it gave me the best results and existing #FOSS apps were full of bugs.

Apparently, this functionality is now locked behind the "Microsoft connected experiences" and you cannot longer save anything to PDF without agreeing to upload your content to #Microsoft servers and letting them to analyze it.

Obviously, I'm uninstalling this app right now. It has become useless to me.

I just scanned a document using my GNU/Linux scanning software of choice: XSane.

When I started with GNU/Linux in 2000, I also used XSane.

I think it might be the same version: 0.999.

How software should work: No nonsense, options all laid out, does exactly what you tell it, no mistakes in 25 years. Even if it is clunky.

Worth a salute, I think.

#linux #xsane #scanning #canondrf120

Hello alltogether, I have a question concerning scanning with Linux (Manjaro Linux, scanning with xsane, Scanner Canon DR-F120).
1. Only document feed is working, flatbed gives the error "feed is empty".
2. (more important) When I perform a preview scan, everything is fine, but when scanning, the colors are false. Magenta turns green and things like that. You can read it, but it would be cool, if the colors were fine.
Canon has no support for Linux

I don't do a lot of scanning at home, so I was very pleased with Skanpage just earlier. It worked nicely with my HP OfficeJet 4650. But, the biggest and most pleasant surprise was that it OCR'd the output! It did a good job of it too!
#Kubuntu #OpenSource #Scanning #OCR #Skanpage #KDE

https://apps.kde.org/skanpage/

Review: In this new post, Alice Laciny comments on the study by Chung and colleagues and talks about the new genus 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑦𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑥 gen. #Solenopsidini #scanning #electron

https://blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/01/21/integrative-taxonomy-uncovers-a-new-genus-and-species/

Why is it that artist sketch book format is usually Arch A aka. 9x12" yet any scanner with a bed larger than 8.5x11" is at least $1,000 USD?

A DSLR is also way above my price range. I don't really know what to do. I'm tired of my crappy iPhone pictures poorly edited in Photoshop.

Artists of Mastodon, what's your setup to quickly digitize your analog media with ok quality?

Last Starlight For Ground-Breaking [Spacecraft] Gaia – Mapping The Galaxy
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https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Last_starlight_for_ground-breaking_Gaia <-- shared ESA technical article/overview
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https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia <-- shared ESA Gaia home page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #galaxy #model #modeling #extraterrestrial #ESA #Gaia #spacecraft #remotesensing #MilkyWay #scanning #survey #spatialanalysis #imagery #research #opendata
@europeanspaceagency

Hey fellow digital artists! Do you have a favorite #tutorial for scanning in/adjusting scanned (black) pencils into flat inks?
With adjustments (no manual cleanup yet), this was as close as I got, but I'm hoping there's some tricks to really smoothing it out.

I'm tring to adjust the
#MastoArt #pencils #inking #tutorials #help #scanning #krita #DigitalArt

What a PoS the official Epson scanner software for Linux is. It can't find its own scanner over the network, while all the other open and closed source scanning apps (e.g. VueScan) have no trouble doing so. Even by manually entering the IP, it won't connect to it.

In #archives and #preservation there is a big focus on scans/photos of original works.
Anyone aware of a preservation #standard or process which describes
- #3D #scanning objects
- preserving the scans and relevant software too read them
- converting the scans to some open format
- 3D #printing if an original is lost (or just to put on display)

Anyone got any experience with slide/film scanners? (Not flatbed, dedicated scanner to the task).

Looking to pick up a used one to archive old slides but seems a bit of a minefield both in terms of hardware and software. Some people swear by VueScan but by all accounts the support leaves a lot to be desired.

Any insight grateful.

“#AnthonyAlbanese and his communications minister, #MichelleRowland, did not rule out the potential for #socialmedia users to have their faces subject to #biometric #scanning, for #online platforms to verify users’ ages using a government #database, or for all social media users – ‘regardless of age’ – being subject to age checks, only saying it would be up to #tech companies to set their own processes.”

I remind myself, Australian governments can’t computer.

#labor / #AusTech / #surveillance <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/07/australian-government-to-legislate-social-media-age-limit-of-16-but-cant-say-how-platforms-will-enforce-it>

Network Of Subterranean Chambers And Tunnels Identified Beneath Mitla [Zapotec , Oaxaca, Mexico; archaeology]
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https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/10/network-of-subterranean-chambers-and-tunnels-identified-beneath-mitla/153652 <-- shared technical article
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https://www.arxproject.org/projectlyobaa2022 <-- Project Lyobaa @ ARX
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Zapotec #Mitla #Oaxaca #Mexico #archaeology #remotesensing #model #modeling #3d #PlaceOfTheDead #LyobaaProject #Lyobaa #INAH #UNAM #ARX #GPR #ERT #GroundPenetratingRadar #ElectricResistivityTomography #SeismicNoiseTomography #geophysics #scanning #fieldwork #SanPabloApostol #chambers #tunnels #subterranean #voids #underworld #palace #chronology #geophysical #anomalies

I want to create a digital archive of old family photo albums, and I have all the original films (Kodak Gold 200). I'm talking 1000+ pictures.

Does anybody have recommendations for scanners, scripts, software, or wants to offer general tips for this endeavor?

I'm okay with this taking some time, I fully expect this to become quite a project, but I also want to automate as much of the process as possible.

I know nothing about analog photography, I have mediocre knowledge about digital photography, but I know a thing or two about software engineering and system administration.

Thanks for your help!

Hey #AskFedi / #HiveMind,

I've been given a zip file full of JPEGs of pages of a #document. I asked for a scan, and was given photos. The photos are ok, but some of the pages are curled, more than the GIMP perspective/3D transform tool can correct for.

Are there any good document scanning programs for #Linux that I can feed a stack of JPEGs to and get a usable #PDF out of? It has to be able to handle some perspective and page curl issues.

Pro skenování historických materiálů budu potřebovat pořádný scanner. Ten, co je součástí mé Canon tiskárny, kromě kvality skenování je prostě malý, bichli s rozměry 26x40 cm do něj nenacpu.
Takže se dívám po něčem lepším, protože nikdo jinej ty kroniky nenascanuje. Objevil jsem https://www.alza.cz/czur-et18-pro-d6740847.htm , ale protože kvalita driverů scannerů pro Linux je stále tristní, zajímalo by mě, jestli s tím máte někdo reálnou zkušenost? Nerad bych dal 13 tisíc za něco, co nepojede.
#Linux #scanning

I'll admit my initial scanning of this headline had me going "Donald Duck is part of the debates now?"
#Scanning #Headlines #politics