Show HN: Make your PDF look scanned in browser

Re:Show HN: Make your PDF look scanned in browser by abhgh on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @01:29PM (#31086150)

Here's an even easier way to make your pdf look scanned: open it up on your laptop, take a picture of the screen with your phone using CamScanner or Adobe PDF scan.

Of course this becomes cumbersome if you have more than a few pages

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Re:Show HN: Make your PDF look scanned in browser by wavee on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @01:37PM (#31086231)

how is that easier?

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Re:Show HN: Make your PDF look scanned in browser by abhgh on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @01:50PM (#31086414)

Hmm, I guess it depends on the task and workflow. I find this easy if I have to send out the document via Gmail, WhatsApp etc. After I open up the PDF document (which I have to, anyway), the remaining steps happen on my phone. I find picking the right scan filter convenient on the phone (relative to point-and-click on a laptop) - I guess this talks more to the UI of the scanner apps. Then "sharing" the final document via the right app (mail etc) right from the interface of the scanner app is also fast.

Overall, I have noticed this takes me 5-15s to "scan" and send, per page.

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