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Recommendation: https://www.quickscanapp.com/ https://www.quickscanapp.com/ I am using iPhone as a scanner and it automatically scans, OCRs, uploads and ingest

Recommendation: https://www.quickscanapp.com/ https://www.quickscanapp.com/ I am using iPhone as a scanner and it automatically scans, OCRs, uploads and ingests to the paperless-ngx instance, even remotely using tailscale. The iPhone camera is more than good enough for scanning documents.

bovermyer 3y ago
Thank you for this! This reduces the friction for scanning documents a _ton_. I love that it integrates with Paperless so well!
matrss 3y ago
I don't have an iPhone, but on Android there is the "Paperless Mobile" app (https://github.com/astubenbord/paperless-mobile https://github.com/astubenbord/paperless-mobile), which can be used to scan as well. There are just some documents that I would prefer to have in proper and consistent "document scanner"-quality; I am always having a hard time with lighting using those phone scanners (although Paperless Mobile is one of the better ones I have used).
- westurner 3y ago
  Would a document capture camera with a [ring] light also work?
  - matrss 3y ago
    Those still have the speed disadvantage of a phone camera and need more space than a compact document scanner, I'd imagine. I guess a ring light for my phone would be an improvement; using the builtin flash usually leads to very uneven lighting in the scan.
    - westurner 3y ago
      IIRC there are certain models of sheet-fed duplex scanners that work with Linux (with e.g. a lower-wattage Pi)
bretto13 3y ago
I had used this app prior to the addition of the Paperless-ngx integration and it worked well, but with that functionality added it's just so easy to scan and be done. I have a Brother scanner as well that I'll still use to import longer documents or anything I want in the best quality, but for 95% of things importing from this app works perfectly.
deanc 3y ago
Thank you also for the tip on this one. Took a bit of work to get it working with my setup but have it working flawlessly.

bovermyer 3y ago

Thank you for this! This reduces the friction for scanning documents a _ton_. I love that it integrates with Paperless so well!

matrss 3y ago

I don't have an iPhone, but on Android there is the "Paperless Mobile" app (https://github.com/astubenbord/paperless-mobile https://github.com/astubenbord/paperless-mobile), which can be used to scan as well. There are just some documents that I would prefer to have in proper and consistent "document scanner"-quality; I am always having a hard time with lighting using those phone scanners (although Paperless Mobile is one of the better ones I have used).

westurner 3y ago
Would a document capture camera with a [ring] light also work?
- matrss 3y ago
  Those still have the speed disadvantage of a phone camera and need more space than a compact document scanner, I'd imagine. I guess a ring light for my phone would be an improvement; using the builtin flash usually leads to very uneven lighting in the scan.
  - westurner 3y ago
    IIRC there are certain models of sheet-fed duplex scanners that work with Linux (with e.g. a lower-wattage Pi)

bretto13 3y ago

I had used this app prior to the addition of the Paperless-ngx integration and it worked well, but with that functionality added it's just so easy to scan and be done. I have a Brother scanner as well that I'll still use to import longer documents or anything I want in the best quality, but for 95% of things importing from this app works perfectly.

deanc 3y ago

Thank you also for the tip on this one. Took a bit of work to get it working with my setup but have it working flawlessly.