FairScan 1.20.0 was released a few days ago. It improves perspective correction when scanning documents at an angle.
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Pierre-Yves Nicolas
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Indie dev behind #FairScan — an open source document scanner for Android. Exploring how software can be simple and respectful.
I wrote two blog posts that are a bit different from the previous ones.
They're less about FairScan itself, and more about why I work on it, and how I think about money.
Not the easiest things to write, but probably important ones.
- https://fairscan.org/blog/working-on-fairScan-or-getting-a-real-job/
- https://fairscan.org/blog/donations-without-expectations/
They're less about FairScan itself, and more about why I work on it, and how I think about money.
Not the easiest things to write, but probably important ones.
- https://fairscan.org/blog/working-on-fairScan-or-getting-a-real-job/
- https://fairscan.org/blog/donations-without-expectations/
FairScan 1.19.0 now lets you import existing photos into a scan. Especially useful when someone sends you a picture of a document instead of a proper scan.
FairScan 1.15 and 1.16 improve automatic document detection and edge detection.
These updates make the automatic cropping more reliable across different kinds of documents.
I also wrote a short post about how FairScan turns a detected document into a clean quadrilateral, and why this step is trickier than it looks:
https://fairscan.org/blog/where-to-cut-automatic-document-cropping/
RE: https://mastodon.social/@jhpot/116087653679924218
Nice surprise to see FairScan featured by WIRED.
FairScan 1.14.0 improves brightness handling for color documents, with more consistent results and fewer over-bright or under-exposed scans.
I also published a blog post about a closely related question:
"What's a good scan?"
https://fairscan.org/blog/what-s-a-good-scan/
FairScan had a few releases over the past weeks.
1.12.0 focused on the camera screen experience:
- smoother document detection
- tap-to-focus
- flashlight state preserved
A quick 1.12.1 bugfix followed and added a Turkish translation.
1.13.0 improves the export screen:
- clearer layout and better feedback
- more reliable export handling
It also streamlines the scanning flow.
FairScan 1.11.0 is out.
It includes:
- a new setting to control export quality
- a new way to report issues with the last captured image
I've also published a short post about the second point: how FairScan can be improved by letting users choose to share scans that don't look good.