OfficeDrop is excited to announce release of a new free desktop scanning software that connects most scanners directly with Google Docs. This free scanning software, called “ScanDrop,” makes most any scanner a “Google scanner” or a “cloud scanner”.
From a very simple desktop interface, ScanDrop users will be able to scan, verify, organize, re-order, and upload paper documents as PDFs and, from the same interface, upload these PDFs directly to their Google Docs accounts. The ScanDrop software also lets users pick a specific Google Docs folder into which the scanned document will be uploaded and can also name the PDF prior to upload. Scanners supported include the popular Fujitsu ScanSnap, as well as TWAIN standard scanners like the Epson Perfection, Xerox DocuMate, HP ScanJet, Canon LiDE, Visioneer OneTouch, and Fujitsu fi along with many others.
Since we have digitized hundreds of thousands of pages of documents for our clients, we think we’ve got a pretty decent idea of what a simple scanning software should look like. ScanDrop is an easy way for Google Docs users to take advantage of some of the software we created for our own purposes.
ScanDrop is available for download in both the and also off of OfficeDrop’s website at: http://www.officedrop.com/scandrop-scanning-software/scan-google-docs/. This beta version of the desktop scanner software will run on Windows operating systems, such as Windows 7, XP or Vista (sorry, not on the Mac.)
Configuring your Scanner for ScanDrop
For help configuring your scanner to work with the ScanDrop scanning software, click here.
There are plans to release Mac/Linux versions?
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We are working towards a Mac version. Sadly we do not have any Linux development plans for ScanDrop.