Scanning stand for smartphones and tablets

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fopydo

Scanning stand for smartphones and tablets

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I have just launched a kickstarter campaign for a scanning stand for mobile devices. It can be used for scanning books, but at this time odd pages need to be scanned first, then even pages. However, I am planning to make an attachment for scanning two pages at the same time.

The distance from the scanning surface can be adjusted from 3.5 inches (for small photographs) up to 18 inches (for larger document formats).

Please see the link below:
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dingodog
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Re: Scanning stand for smartphones and tablets

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you are welcome, but there are several things I disagree in your prototype:

- no digital cameras support

- if you want to cite a specific model of tablet o be more explicative, you cannot to cite only the Apple product, since this can alienate the sympathy of many people owning samsung, acer or whatever else is worth to buy at their right (and not inflated) prices, especially since it is well know that geeks buy cheap valuable hardware and not overpriced hardware

- mounting angle is also problematic in my opinion, it should be adjustable not fixed

it needs to be re-designed for me
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Post by daniel_reetz »

I banned fopydo (twardega) because he actively patents scanning tech and uses the forum only to link to his closed-source stuff. In general, scanning companies with interesting products are welcome here, but this guy is not.
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