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A curated list of awesome projects to simplify and improve paper scanning.

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# Awesome Scanning



A curated list of awesome projects to simplify and improve paper scanning.



- [Websites](#websites)

- [Apps](#apps)

  - [Desktop](#desktop)

    - [Cross Platform](#cross-platform)

    - [MacOS](#macos)

  - [Mobile](#mobile)

    - [iOS](#ios)

    - [Android](#android)

- [Posts](#posts)

- [Discussions](#discussions)

- [Software Libraries](#software-libraries)

- [Document Management](#document-management)

- [Research](#research)

  - [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory - High-speed digital archiving](#ishikawa-watanabe-laboratory---high-speed-digital-archiving)

- [Devices](#devices)



## Websites



- [DIY Book Scanner] - Community of people who build book scanners.

- [Docutain] - SDK for document & barcode scanning and data capturing.



[DIY Book Scanner]: https://diybookscanner.org

[Docutain]: https://docutain.com



## Apps



### Desktop



#### Cross Platform



- [Book Scanning] - Book scanner software for home-made scanner (no license).

- [BookDrive Editor Pro] -

    Software for post-processing images of books (commercial).

- [Bookscan] - Single-camera solution for book scanning (open source).

- [Booksorber] - Processes camera images of book pages (commercial).

- [Decapod] - Web application frontend for image processing and capture tools.

- [Easy Scan] - Scanning software for book2net scanners (commercial).

- [LIMB] -

    Project inventory, image processing, quality control, OCR,

    document structuring and multiple format exporting

    for long-term archiving (commercial).

- [Nidaba] - Expandable and scalable OCR pipeline.

- [OpenCV-Document-Scanner] -

    Interactive document scanner built with Python and OpenCV.

- [Page Improver] - Automatic image enhancing software for page scanning.

- [Perspec] - Manually correct the perspective of images.

- [ScanGate] - Stand-alone software for book digitization (commercial).

- [ScanTailor] -

    Interactive post-processing tool for scanned pages (open source).

- [ScanTailor Advanced] -

    Merges features of forks, adds new features, and includes fixes.

- [Skarynka] - Software to scan and process images to build books.

- [YASW] - Yet Another Scan Wizard (open source).



[BookDrive Editor Pro]: http://atiz.com/bookdrive-editor-pro

[Bookscan]: https://github.com/publicus/bookscan

[Booksorber]: http://booksorber.com

[Easy Scan]: http://book2net.net/en/products/digitization-software

[LIMB]: http://i2s-digibook.com/products/enrich/limb-digitizing-workflow

[Nidaba]: https://github.com/openphilology/nidaba

[OpenCV-Document-Scanner]: https://github.com/andrewdcampbell/OpenCV-Document-Scanner

[Page Improver]: http://4digitalbooks.com/_soft_imaget.html

[Perspec]: https://github.com/ad-si/Perspec

[ScanGate]: http://treventus.com/scangate.html

[ScanTailor]: http://scantailor.org

[ScanTailor Advanced]: https://github.com/4lex4/scantailor-advanced

[Skarynka]: https://github.com/alex73/Skarynka

[YASW]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/yascanw

[Decapod]: https://github.com/Decapod/decapod

[Book Scanning]: https://github.com/Canta/book-scanning



#### MacOS



- [Crisper Document Scanner] - Scan documents from images into b \& w files (macOS app).

- [DxO Perspective] - Correct perspective issues in images (macOS app).

- [Plumb-Bob] - Perspective rectifier (macOS app).

- [Prizmo] - Turn photos into scans by adjusting perspective, cropping, etc. (macOS app).

- [Readiris 17] - OCR software to convert papers, images, or PDF files to digital documents.



[Crisper Document Scanner]: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1170499100

[DxO Perspective]: http://dxo.com/us/photography/dxo-perspective

[Plumb-Bob]: http://fitplot.it/plumb-bob

[Prizmo]: https://apps.apple.com/app/id546392952

[Readiris 15]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/readiris-15/id1070209434



### Mobile



#### iOS



- [CamCard] - Scan, manage, sync and exchange business cards.

- [CamScanner] - Scan any kind of document.

- [Docr] - PDF scanner with document image dewarping.

- [FineScanner] - Digitize Your Docs and Books Anywhere.

- [Genius Scan] - A scanner in your pocket.

- [IRIScan] - Scan documents with your iPhone or iPad.

- [Office Lens] -

  Trims, enhances and makes pictures of whiteboards and docs readable.

- [PDF Scanner] - Scan books and multipage documents to PDF.

- [Quick Scan] - Scan, Recognize, Automate.

- [SamCard] - Business card reader.

- [Scanbot] - High quality scans with one tap.

- [Scannable] - Scan contracts, receipts and business cards.

- [Scanner Pro] - Scan paper documents into PDFs.

- [Tiny Scan] - Scanner for documents, photos & receipts.



[CamCard]: https://camcard.com

[CamScanner]: https://camscanner.com

[Docr]: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1112445201

[FineScanner]: http://finescanner.com

[IRIScan]: http://irislink.com/EN-ROW/c1102/IRIScan-iOS---OCR-App-for-iOS.aspx

[PDF Scanner]: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id784454179

[Quick Scan]: https://www.quickscanapp.com/

[SamCard]: http://samcard.net

[Scanbot]: https://scanbot.io

[Scannable]: https://evernote.com/products/scannable

[Scanner Pro]: https://readdle.com/products/scannerpro

[Tiny Scan]: http://www.appxy.com/tinyscan/

[Office Lens]: https://microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/office-lens/9wzdncrfj3t8

[Genius Scan]: https://thegrizzlylabs.com/genius-scan



### Android



- [Stack] - PDF scanner, document organizer, and detail finder by Google's Area 120.

- [Microsoft Lens] - Trim, enhances, and make photos of whiteboards and documents readable.

- [Adobe Scan] - Scan, OCR, and edit documents (account required).

- [Google Drive] - Use the camera to scan documents (does not support loading existing photos).



[Microsoft Lens]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officelens

[Stack]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.area120.paperwork

[Adobe Scan]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.scan.android

[Google Drive]: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/3145835?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid



## Posts



- [Dewarping pages]

- [Document scanner] -

    How to Build a Kick-Ass Mobile Document Scanner in Just 5 Minutes.

- [Genetic programming in the cloud]

- [Keypoint Detection with Transfer Learning][keypoint]

- [math.stackexchange] -

    Compute ratio of a rectangle seen from an unknown perspective.

- [Noteshrink] - Compressing and enhancing hand-written notes.

- [Page dewarping] - Flattening images of curled pages.

- [Perspective transform] - 4 Point OpenCV getPerspective Transform Example.

- [Stackoverflow] - Proportions of a perspective-deformed rectangle.

- [Unpaper] - Post-processing tool for scanned sheets of paper.

- [Unprojecting text with ellipses] -

    Using transformed ellipses to estimate perspective transformations of text.

- [Building an image processing pipeline with Python]



[Dewarping pages]: http://halfbakedmaker.org/blog/366

[Document scanner]: http://pyimagesearch.com/2014/09/01/build-kick-ass-mobile-document-scanner-just-5-minutes

[Genetic programming in the cloud]: http://halfbakedmaker.org/blog/382

[keypoint]: https://keras.io/examples/vision/keypoint_detection/

[math.stackexchange]: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1339924/compute-ratio-of-a-rectangle-seen-from-an-unknown-perspective

[Noteshrink]: https://mzucker.github.io/2016/09/20/noteshrink.html

[Page dewarping]: https://mzucker.github.io/2016/08/15/page-dewarping.html

[Perspective transform]: http://pyimagesearch.com/2014/08/25/4-point-opencv-getperspective-transform-example

[Stackoverflow]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1194352/proportions-of-a-perspective-deformed-rectangle

[Unpaper]: https://github.com/Flameeyes/unpaper

[Unprojecting text with ellipses]: https://mzucker.github.io/2016/10/11/unprojecting-text-with-ellipses.html

[Building an image processing pipeline with Python]:

  http://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2013/building-an-image-processing-pipeline-with-python.html



## Discussions



- [Methods To Sense The 3D Surface/Structure Of A Book](

    https://diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=788)

- [What are the most common algorithms for adaptive thresholding?][alg-thresh]



[alg-thresh]: https://dsp.stackexchange.com/q/2411/26515



## Software Libraries



- [imgwarp-js] - Warp images using JavaScript.

- [Laser Book Scanning] -

    Experimental methods for dewarping document images

    based on the use of lasers.

- [LCNN] - End-to-End Wireframe Parsing.

- [Segment Anything] - AI model that can cut out any object in any image.

- [WeScan] - Library to add scanning functionalities to an iOS app.



[imgwarp-js]: https://github.com/cxcxcxcx/imgwarp-js

[Laser Book Scanning]: https://github.com/duerig/laser-dewarp

[LCNN]: https://github.com/zhou13/lcnn

[Segment Anything]: https://github.com/facebookresearch/segment-anything

[WeScan]: https://github.com/WeTransfer/WeScan



## Document Management



- [Docspell] - Document management system for private and small business use.

- [Hermes] - Open source document management system by HashiCorp.

- [Mayan EDMS] - Libre document management system.

- [Paperless NGX] - Scan, index, and archive paper documents.

- [Papermerge] - Open source document management system for digital archives.

- [Paperwork] - Personal document manager for Linux and Windows.

- [Polar] - Knowledge manager for web pages, textbooks, and PDFs.

- [TagSpaces] - Offline & open source document manager with tagging support.

- [Teedy] - Lightweight document management system for individuals & businesses.



[Docspell]: https://github.com/eikek/docspell

[Hermes]: https://github.com/hashicorp-forge/hermes

[Mayan EDMS]: https://github.com/mayan-edms/Mayan-EDMS

[Paperless NGX]: https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx

[Paperless]: https://github.com/the-paperless-project/paperless

[Papermerge]: https://github.com/ciur/papermerge

[Paperwork]: https://openpaper.work

[Polar]: https://getpolarized.io

[TagSpaces]: https://github.com/tagspaces/tagspaces

[Teedy]: https://github.com/sismics/docs



## Research



- [Whiteboard scanning] -

    Whiteboard scanning and image enhancement by Zhengyou Zhang , Li-Wei He

- [Cam params] -

    Determining camera parameters from the perspective projection of a rectangle

    by Robert M. Haralick

- [Dewarping of document images] -

    Two-Step Dewarping of Camera Document Images

    by N. Stamatopoulos, B. Gatos, I. Pratikakis & S. J. Perantonis

- [Dewarping of Document Images using Coupled-Snakes]

- [DewarpNet: Single-Image Document Unwarping

    With Stacked 3D and 2D Regression Networks][DewarpNet]

- [Image and Depth from a Conventional Camera with a Coded Aperture]

- [The IUPR Dataset of Camera-Captured Document Images][iupr-dataset]

- [Image processing via level set curvature flow]



[Whiteboard scanning]: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/zhang/papers/tr03-39.pdf

[Cam params]: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=87146

[Dewarping of document images]: http://users.iit.demokritos.gr/~bgat/3337a209.pdf

[Dewarping of Document Images using Coupled-Snakes]:

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3865/964b607a1ecfb0979b0fb30c5aec4a2cfcf2.pdf

[DewarpNet]: https://github.com/cvlab-stonybrook/DewarpNet

[Image and Depth from a Conventional Camera with a Coded Aperture]:

  http://groups.csail.mit.edu/graphics/CodedAperture

[iupr-dataset]:

  https://www.dfki.de/en/web/research/projects-and-publications/publications-overview/publication/5681/

[Image processing via level set curvature flow]:

    https://math.berkeley.edu/~sethian/2006/Papers/sethian.imageprocessinglevelset.pnas.pdf



### Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory - High-speed digital archiving



[Vision architecture overview]



- [Book Flipping Scanning]

- [BFS-Auto: High Speed & High Definition Book Scanner]

- [Real-time 3D Page Tracking and Book Status Recognition]

- [High-speed and High-definition Document Digitalization System based on Adaptive Scanning using Real-time 3D Sensing]

- [Automatic page turner machine for Book Flipping Scanning]

- [Document Digitization and its Quality Improvement using a Multi-camera Array]

- [Digitization of Deformed Documents using a High-speed Multi-camera Array]

- [BFS-Solo: High Speed Book Digitization using Monocular Video]

- [Reconstruction of 3D Surface and Restoration of Flat document Image from Monocular Image Sequence]

- [High-accuracy rectification technique of deformed document image using Tiled Rectangle Fragments (TRFs)]

- [Document Image Rectification using Advance Knowledge of 3D Deformation]

- [Estimation of Non-rigid Surface Deformation using Developable Surface Model]

- [Proof-of-concept prototype for Book Flipping Scanning]



[Automatic page turner machine for Book Flipping Scanning]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/BFSflipper/index-e.html

[BFS-Auto: High Speed & High Definition Book Scanner]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/BFS-Auto/index-e.html

[BFS-Solo: High Speed Book Digitization using Monocular Video]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/BFS-Solo/index-e.html

[Book Flipping Scanning]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/BFS/index-e.html

[Digitization of Deformed Documents using a High-speed Multi-camera Array]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/MultiBFS/index-e.html

[Document Digitization and its Quality Improvement using a Multi-camera Array]:  http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/MultiBFS_boundary/index-e.html

[Document Image Rectification using Advance Knowledge of 3D Deformation]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/BFS_learn/index-e.html

[Estimation of Non-rigid Surface Deformation using Developable Surface Model]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/developable/index-e.html

[High-accuracy rectification technique of deformed document image using Tiled Rectangle Fragments (TRFs)]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/TRF/index-e.html

[High-speed and High-definition Document Digitalization System based on Adaptive Scanning using Real-time 3D Sensing]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/HybridBFS/index-e.html

[Proof-of-concept prototype for Book Flipping Scanning]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/BookFlipScan/index-e.html

[Real-time 3D Page Tracking and Book Status Recognition]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/BFSPageTracking/index-e.html

[Reconstruction of 3D Surface and Restoration of Flat document Image from Monocular Image Sequence]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/MonoBFS/index-e.html

[Vision architecture overview]: http://ishikawa-vision.org/vision/index-e.html



## Devices



- [Archivist] - V-shaped platner based book scanner (open source).

- [Bookscanner] - Linear page turning book scanner (open source).

- [Linear Book Scanner] - Low-cost page-turning book scanner (open source).

- [Portable Scanners] - Several portabal scanning devices (commercial).



[Archivist]: http://diybookscanner.org/archivist

[Bookscanner]: https://bookscanner.de

[Linear Book Scanner]: https://linearbookscanner.org

[Portable Scanners]: http://irislink.com/EN-ROW/c1080/IRIScan---Portable-scanners---Discover-our-range.aspx