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 around to jot down ideas in pen & ink.
After doing this for some odd years, the downside is that they take up physical space, and we have no digital backup.
We were frustrated that the best solution out there was to spend a few hours scanning them ourselves - we couldn’t find any service that would save time & do this for us.
In typical HN style, we built a fast, hi-res, scanning setup that uses DSLR’s and some other neat hardware & software. We built a simple website in 3 days to offer this as a service to all the beautiful people of the world.
We’d love to hear your thoughts on this service and how well we are presenting it on our site. What could we be doing better?