[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":333},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-7622031":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":46,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":91,"maker_in_thread":221,"shape":231,"grid":235,"attempts":294,"same_week":295,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":325,"reader_version":326,"card":327},"7622031","Our weekend project","PaperSync, notebook scanning as a service","title","Show HN: Our weekend project – PaperSync, notebook scanning as a service","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.papersync.co","papersync.co","bdm",1398099154,2014,42,30,754,2272,34,"shown","web_saas","notebook digitization service","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"notebook scanning","paper to pdf","handwritten notes digitization","notebook backup","curious",-0.235,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},2,11,1,8,22,{"execution":37,"idea":40,"docs":41,"pricing":42,"privacy":43,"performance":44,"design":45},{"positive":38,"critical":39},0,3,{"positive":33,"critical":31},{"positive":38,"critical":33},{"positive":38,"critical":33},{"positive":38,"critical":33},{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":33,"critical":38},[33,33,39,39,33,39,39,39,39,38,39,38,33,39,33,38,39,33,39,47,38,38,47,38,33,33,39,39,38,38],5,null,{"problem":50,"audience":60,"pricing":69,"motivation":83,"time_to_build":48,"stack":87,"openness":88,"stage":89,"team_size":90},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Paper notebooks take up physical space and have no digital backup; manual scanning is slow","maker",[54,57],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"7622039","OP here: I spent a few days working with ssong last week to create papersync.co -- a service where we scan paper notebooks and turn them into .pdf’s. We both carry notebooks…",{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},"7623773","When we started scanning our own personal notebooks, we didn't realize how time consuming the process was. A typical flatbed scanner takes about 30 seconds per page. So for a 200…",{"value":61,"source":62,"evidence":63},"People who keep handwritten notebooks and want digital copies","inferred",[64,65],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"7622840","jessmartin","Awesome! I have been waiting for a service like this! I especially wanted a non-destructive scan. It's important to me to get my notebook back. I've priced other services.…",{"value":70,"source":52,"evidence":71},"$20 per notebook, customer pays shipping to send it",[72,76,80],{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"7624611","josephjrobison","I've purchased a Mod Notebook and am waiting for it to be delivered. They launched first, so I get to compare you to them naturally. 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When you send something to Canon for repair\u002Fexchange, you're in charge of paying for shipping and…",{"value":84,"source":52,"evidence":85},"Frustration with having no digital backup and no service that scans notebooks for them",[86],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},[],"paid","launched","team",{"praise":92,"objections":113,"requests":150,"questions":180,"alternatives":196},[93,98,103],{"value":94,"source":95,"evidence":96},"Non-destructive scan so the notebook is returned","commenter",[97],{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},{"value":99,"source":95,"evidence":100},"Price is reasonable compared with alternatives",[101,102],{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},{"value":104,"source":95,"evidence":105},"Landing page illustrations look good",[106,110],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"7622574","hobonumber1","I like the hand-drawn animations on your landing page! Did you guys make those yourselves?",{"id":111,"by":11,"text":112},"7623927","Glad you like the illustrations! They are a combination of stock images and ones we did ourselves. One of our goals here was to launch something beautiful, as quickly as…",[114,125,136,143],{"value":115,"source":95,"evidence":116},"Sample PDF resolution is low with visible JPEG artefacts",[117,121],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"7622504","micheljansen","Cool idea, but your sample (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.papersync.co\u002Fstatic\u002FPaperSync_sample.pdf) isn't really selling it. The resolution is a lot lower than I would expect and there are JPEG…",{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"7622765","threeio","I have to agree, I was almost in and I know a friend of mine would be (he's got a pile of 100 notebooks laying in his closet).. but that PDF was a letdown. (Time to grab my paper…",{"value":126,"source":95,"evidence":127},"Sending private notebooks to a company raises confidentiality concerns",[128,132],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"7622223","WebSearchingPro","The site itself looks alright, its obvious what you are trying to sell. Ironically the first selling point is also a reason why someone would not want to use your service \"[...]…",{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"7622437","timthorn","On the \"About\" page: We make our best effort to maintain the security and confidentiality of your content, and we will never share, publish, or otherwise distribute your content…",{"value":137,"source":95,"evidence":138},"Price of $20 per notebook is high",[139],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"7622169","nubela","$20 per notebook is a bit on the expensive side, imo.",{"value":144,"source":95,"evidence":145},"Only usable from the US",[146],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"7622423","diggan","\"offer this as a service to all the beautiful people of the world.\" No, you don't do this. But please let me know once people from outside the US can use this, interested in…",[151,162,173],{"value":152,"source":95,"evidence":153},"Provide high-resolution sample scans",[154,158],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"7622851","ssong","(I'm working with OP on this) Thanks for the feedback! We are using a setup similar to http:\u002F\u002Fwww.diybookscanner.org\u002F for this and the scan quality is very high. The sample PDF…",{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"7624262","niels_olson","Hi, this is awesome! I would like to see a sample in 0.3 mm B pencil lead. I have pretty much given up on evernote because I don't have time to do this in bulk (a solution you…",{"value":163,"source":95,"evidence":164},"Offer OCR or transcription of handwriting",[165,169],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"7623510","ds9","I have a pile of notebooks that need to get into my computer somehow - but images won't help. 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But did you ever see these guys? http:\u002F\u002Fmodnotebooks.com\u002F",{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},{"value":206,"source":95,"evidence":207},"Shot Note by KingJim",[208],{"id":209,"by":210,"text":211},"7624921","itazula","This reminded me of something called \"Shot Note\" which is used to digitally store and organize handwritten notes: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.kingjim.co.jp\u002Fsp\u002Fshotnote\u002Fenglish\u002F",{"value":213,"source":95,"evidence":214},"Evernote with phone camera",[215],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},{"value":217,"source":95,"evidence":218},"Flatbed scanner or ScanSnap",[219,220],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"comments":222,"answered":31,"key":223},6,[224,227,228],{"id":225,"text":226},"7623507","Yup, you got it.",{"id":55,"text":56},{"id":229,"text":230},"7623748","tl;dr 250-300 DPI Hey! Good question. DPI which stands for Dots Per Inch only matters when you actually print the image. 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