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Ask HN: What are some things done on paper that can be replaced with software?
In your industry, what are some inefficiencies that you noticed which are currently done on paper or some outdated technology that could be potentially improved by using better software?
- fuj 11y agoLooking for ideas for a startup eh?
- brudgers 11y agoThe more powerful question is what are the tasks for which computers can replace people.
- znt 11y agoAFAIK teachers spend quite a lot of time grading student papers. This would be easy for multiple choice type homework, but grading essays etc is all manual work at the moment.
- Someone1234 11y agoThere is a handful of companies which offer the multiple choice variety. They often use a smartphone app to scan a QR code (ID student) and the answer bubbles. This software is often expensive to license and from what I understand heavily patent protected (like much educational software), making it an absolute minefield to enter unless you're a massive publisher or similar.
- zhte415 11y agoReally? I would have thought putting multiple choice questions online (internet or intranet) would be incredibly easy. Infact, I've done so myself.
- tmaly 11y agoobtaining a mortgage and all the disclosures is still a paper based system.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoPeople like Box have done a lot toward streamlining it - part of the stuff can be done electronically. Not all, but much of the pre-closing stuff. It's progress, but there's still more to do.
- MalcolmDiggs 11y agoBusiness cards. IMHO there's still no good universal way to give someone your phone number in real life. A number of apps have been built to address this (remember "bump" technology for example), but most have fallen out of favor. Until there is near-universal adoption of some kind of alternative, I'll have to keep carrying around business cards...which just seems silly...
- tyh 11y agoBuying a car requires a lot of paperwork and signing. When you finish you get a folder with all the copies and disclosures which you will file away and never remember what they were about until you want to complain about something some day.