GeekAlerts » scanner

iConvert Scanner for iPad

Hazel Chua — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:33:38 +0000

Portable scanners aren’t exactly anything new. There was the USB Mini Scanner that lets you scan small-sized cards and documents on the go; while the Copycat Scanner lets you scan high-resolution images of larger documents. The cool thing about the latter device was that you could transfer the scanned images to your iPad by connecting the [...]

USB Mini Scanner

Hazel Chua — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:00:32 +0000

Just when I thought scanners couldn’t possibly get even more portable or smaller than the Copycat Scanner, out comes the USB Mini Scanner. While you obviously won’t be able to do full-page scans with this teeny, tiny device, you can scan equally teeny, tiny stuff like photos, receipts, deposit slips, newspaper clippings, and whatever else [...]

Film 2 SD Neg Scanner

Hazel Chua — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:00:20 +0000

I recently stumbled upon an old family photo album, which had a paper enveloped tucked inside that was stuffed with old film negatives. I thought of having most of it re-developed at the photo shop but after doing a final count on the number of shots I had (over two hundred), I changed my mind. [...]

Copycat Scanner

Hazel Chua — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:11:21 +0000

Have you ever needed to scan documents or photos while you were on the go? It sucks having to take pictures of papers and other materials that you need a copy of when you don’t have access to a desktop scanner or photocopying machine wherever you might be. But that’s where the Copycat Scanner comes [...]

Ion DocuScan Portable Full-Color Previewing Scanner

Robert Birming — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:36:03 +0000

It seems as if the World’s Only Portable Full-Page Scanner with Preview no longer is the only one of its kind, because this new scanner from Ion looks a lot alike. Digitising photos, documents, magazine pages and other papery items just got a whole lot easier thanks to the incredibly versatile DocuScan. Sleek and compact, [...]

World’s Only Portable Full-Page Scanner with Preview

Robert Birming — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:30:46 +0000

This is said to be the world’s only portable full-page scanner with the capability of providing a preview of the document on its 2.4-inch color LCD screen before saving it as a digital file. The device accepts face-down up to full 8 1/2″ x 11″ documents and photographs (and as small as 3″ x 5″), [...]

Quicktionary – Portable Text Scanning Translator

Robert Birming — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:06:53 +0000

The Quicktionary TS is a helpful hand-held scanning translator featuring an icon-based touchscreen menu and the capability to “scan a word or a full line of text and provide immediate word-by-word translation, including idioms and phrases.” Most Quicktionary TS products provide audio pronunciation for selected languages. The Quicktionary TS is an ideal tool for anyone [...]