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This scanner has a color display to show an image of the document you are scanning in order to ensure efficiency (image will is not as big but allows you to see the outlines of the scanned image). Its 1.4 inch colored Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display technology allows you to browse through the menu and settings and also let’s you check on the images you have scanned on the microSD card.
What are the best features of this handy document scanner?
The TaoTronics TT-DS004 Handheld Scanner can work both handheld as well as through a feeder. That being said, it can scan both bounded and unbounded documents. This scanner has a varying resolution of 300/600/900 DPIs depending on your choice and can be done in either JPG or PDF file format, also depends upon the option you have selected from the settings.
The included software in this scanner also comes very helpful and advantageous. The included Picture Direct scanning software allows you to directly insert the scanned the scanned picture or PDF directly to your software directly (i.e. MS office, or even MSN or Skype). It is also able to directly saved the scanned document to text format so as to edit yourself instantly.
PROS
- Great scanning resolutions available
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software included
- Directly inserts scanned file to opened software and converts and exports scanned files to computer for editing
- Batteries in scanner and feeder allows portable scanning
- Comes with 8 Gig MicroSD
- Scanner and feeder can be plugged in using a USB cable and won’t need batteries when doing so
- TaoTronics has excellent customer service for assistance needed on their products
- Adjustable feeder that can feed through a business card, photo or 8.5 x 11 sized paper
- Great scanning speeds
CONS
- Must have steady hands to get a nice scan when using hand held scanner
- Included software does not support Mac (it will only be to grab images but will not insert them into documents or to run OCR)
- Does not have Auto-Document Feeder so you would have to feed one sheet at a time
- Included software does not have photo-stitcher that can patch or weave together multiple images (for bigger image sizes)
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TaoTronics TT-DS004 2-in-1 900 DPI 1.4′ TFT Color Display Colour & Mono Handyscan Handheld Scanner for Document, Photo, Reciepts, Books + JPG/PDF Format Selection Black
