Or something like FamilySearch's app that doesn't have 'baptising your family' overtones? https://familysearch.org/campaign/mobile/tree?cid=hp-1538
Cheers, Mia
Sent from my handheld computing device
> On 24 Oct 2014, at 12:00, James Morley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Mike, was more thinking five minutes!
>
> Matt, that's great to see. Just knock a zero off the price and release the
> blueprint open source to make it a diy solution, then we're a long way
> there.
>
> Cheers, James
>> On 24 Oct 2014 10:14, "Matt Faber" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Hi, Scandock produce a digitisation unit especially for smart phones so I
>> guess there's a need somewhere.
>>
>>
>> Matt Faber
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> James Morley
>> Sent: 24 October 2014 09:44
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Low budget, low tech DIY digitisation
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> On my way to Mozilla Festival and a crazy Friday question popped into my
>> head!
>>
>> Has anyone experimented with low budget digitisation, based on things like
>> webcams, mobile phones, Raspberry Pi, or any other home diy type kit? I'm
>> not talking preservation quality, I'm talking get your family photographs
>> and small keepsakes online for sharing and crowdsourcing.
>>
>> Yes, decent enough scanners are cheap, but not so quick and easy, and
>> can't do 3d objects. I already find myself posting phone snaps of old
>> photographs on Flickr just for speed and convenience, and optics and sensor
>> quality is increasing all the time. Lighting is key, but low energy led
>> strips are great!
>>
>> On the software side, with browser based technology like webRTC -
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC - combined with some phones and
>> webcams now offering 4k (not yet supported by webRTC just yet) you can
>> start getting reasonable resolution from an integrated web-based solution,
>> without needing dedicated software and/or a multi-step workflow.
>>
>> Ok, brain dump over. Now bring me back to reality!
>>
>> Cheers, James
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