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   by bdm 12y ago

   When we started scanning our own personal notebooks, we didn't realize how time consuming the process was. A typical flatbed scanner takes about 30 seconds per page. So for a 200 page notebook, you're looking at an hour and 40 min
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   by bdm 12y ago

   tl;dr 250-300 DPI Hey! Good question. DPI which stands for Dots Per Inch only matters when you actually print the image. You can take the scan and print it small at high DPI or large at low DPI. Let's assume you have an 8x10" note
3. 33.▲
   by bdm 12y ago

   Yup, you got it.
4. 34.▲
   by bdm 12y ago

   OP here: I spent a few days working with ssong last week to create papersync.co -- a service where we scan paper notebooks and turn them into .pdf’s. We both carry notebooks around to jot down ideas in pen & ink. After doing this for
5. 35.▲
   Show HN: Our weekend project – PaperSync, notebook scanning as a service(papersync.co)

   42 points by bdm 12y ago|30 comments
6. 36.▲
   by bdm 13y ago

   "Time" is a trivial reason - by that I mean - people who don't do X don't do it because they spend their time doing not X. This is true for any X. The real question here is - what do people prioritize above reading? And