Re: FN-FORUM: scanners

date posted 1st June 2006 14:26

John 'Max' Maxwell wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My client (a buildings contractor who does up wonky barns for Devon bound
> rich city folk) wants a scanner that is capable of scanning a fax and
> turning it into a word doc that he can 'edit'.
>
> Even better - one that can take a faxed 'drawing' and do the same - is that
> possible in our world??
>
> He also mentioned a piece of software called Nuevo (or something similar)
> that can scan an architects drawing and turn it into a 3D model of some kind
> ... does anyone know of anything like this and if so, can they let me know.


I think I've met your client ;o) (I used to work for Grey Matter)

scan a fax (poor quality) then OCR it and then it will be editable.

not a function of the scanner, but possible with the OCR software that
comes bundled with most scanners - usually installing the OCR
software integrates it with word and then you can Acquire the document
through the OCR software off the scanner. success rate better than
80% sometimes...(better to have the fax delivered to the PC and then
OCR it)

Scan a faxed drawing into an image editor and then use BMP to Vector
tracing tools - could be done - successfully most likely not -
frustratingly.

flat drawings to 3D models? - I've seen simple stuff, like Google's
sketchup[1] but I have no doubt that he's wanting something from
Sci-fi world... better to pay an architect!


[1] http://sketchup.google.com/
SketchUp - Home



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