iPhone apps and capturing whiteboards and more

I’ve started using White by Qipit for sharing whiteboard scribbles and diagrams and potentially for handwritten on paper notes with colleagues.

The free Qipit online pdf service is ceasing and is moving into the mobile device arena to provide digitisation services.

I purchased this iPhone app, and I’m happy with it. But if you are thinking of going down this path you might want to try out JotNot and OCRNow lite first to see if they better meet your needs. If you know of other similar apps, leave a comment with link.

White offers:

  • conversion to pdf on the iphone itself (does not require an online conversion service) – although for some reason while trying out this test it only seems to be emailing the jpgs.
  • share image or pdf (depending on where/how you are going to share it)
  • share to facebook, twitter, evernote or via email

Result of a test using a small piece of notepaper with handwriting sent to Twitter (TwitPic)

For comparison

Original image that was used in the test, uploaded separately to Flickr via the Flickr iPhone App.

I really like it when there are “lite” versions for free in the app store to try before I buy.

Comments

I was extremely impressed with OCR now. Mr11 had left the WORD doc with his homework at school during the holidays, and all he had was a hard-copy with the teacher's editing all over it.

The OCR recognition software on our scanner did not handle it, but OCRNowLite was brilliant. I had to be careful to ensure the image was square on and the camera was an even distance from the entire page - but still saved hours of Mr11's time retyping it in...
Benoit said…
Peta, thank you for this post.

The point you are making about a 'lite' version is well taken. The other applications we are preparing will feature a free version that will allow users to test the performance of our ink extraction technology. Those who find it useful will then be able to purchase a full-featured version.

Regarding the pdf issue, a minor bug had us invert the labels in the menu. We have submitted a correction to Apple and are waiting for it to show up in the store.

In the meantime, to send a pdf, select 'Email as Picture' and you will get the pdf file. If you select 'Email as PDF' you will get the jpg file.

Apologies for the inconvenience!