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ScanDrop in TechCrunch

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

OfficeDrop and ScanDrop Mac were written up in TechCrunch yesterday by TechCrunch reporter Rip Empson. TechCrunch covered the new ScanDrop Mac’s ability to scan, screenshot, save to the cloud and share via social networks.

As Rip explains it, ” announcing updates to its ScanDrop Mac and ScanDrop Lite apps (ScanDrop Lite is free) that let any Mac user integrate scanned paper with digital screenshots to create multi-age, searchable PDFs. But what’s really cool about this is that, with a single click, users can now share these scanned docs via social networks or store them in Evernote, Dropbox, OfficeDrop, and Google Docs.”

He also gives an example of possible workflow that users can take advantage of using the ScanDrop Mac app: “ within ScanDrop, users can merge scans, screenshots, and image files into a single, multi-page PDF to then share as they choose. If a user scans a receipt, he or she can then grab a screenshot of a corresponding spreadsheet of receipts and share that as a single PDF document through Facebook or Twitter, for example.”

Finally, the article mentions our recent, dramatic growth.

Read the article here!

After you’ve read the piece you can get ScanDrop Mac and ScanDrop Lite in the app store by clicking on the buttons below:

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iPhone Scanning

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Scanning from your iPhone is very easy with the OfficeDrop iPhone PDF scanner app!

Here is a quick video that explains how to take your very first scan with your iPhone.

iPhone Scanner App Video – How to Scan with Your iPhone Using OfficeDrop

With OfficeDrop’s iPhone app, users can snap a photo of a paper document and scan it directly to the cloud. Once an item is scanned, users can browse the document, apply labels, search text using OfficeDrop’s Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, share and access documents from anywhere with OfficeDrop’s cloud filing cabinet. Also available for iPad and Android, OfficeDrop now provides service to a full portfolio of mobile devices for users. The app can now be downloaded through iTunes Store.

Use the OfficeDrop iPhone app to capture and share documents on the road. For example, an insurance agent responding to accident claims in the field can immediately take pictures of registrations, drivers’ licenses and contracts and have them upload as text searchable PDF documents within minutes. The agent can also take pictures of damages as well as the scene of the accident and submit those photos to folders for his team at the office to access immediately. This scenario works both ways, as the agent has the option to access their entire OfficeDrop filing cabinet on the road with their iPhone by uploading files from their computer onto their OfficeDrop account. With OfficeDrop’s search on the iPhone, any file is easy to find and available in an instant from anywhere.

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Happy New Years – OfficeDrop’s ScanDrop an App to Kickstart 2012

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

Tuaw, the “unofficial Apple blog,” has included OfficeDrop’s ScanDrop Mac scanner software as one of their “Apps to Kickstart your New Year’s Resolutions.”

The article says:

If you already have a scanner or multi-function printer but you’d like to move to cloud storage of your scans, give the $19.99 ScanDrop for the Mac a try. ScanDrop works with Evernote, Google Docs or OfficeDrop’s cloud service, but scanned files can also be saved on Dropbox or whatever other cloud service you utilize.

You can check out our review from March into a fuller look at the service. If you want to give it a try without dropping $20, the company offers the free ScanDrop Lite allowing scanning of up to 15 pages.

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves!

Get organized this year with OfficeDrop. It’s never been a better time to get your files into the cloud. You’ll feel much more relaxed once your important documents are saved in the cloud, and the anywhere, anytime access the cloud gives you will make you more productive this year!

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Getting Files into OfficeDrop

Friday, December 30th, 2011

It’s easy to get files into OfficeDrop. We offer several ways you can quickly get your important documents into the OfficeDrop cloud filing system.

Here are the different apps you can use to get files into OfficeDrop:

OfficeDrop on Android
OfficeDrop on iPad
OfficeDrop on Windows Desktop (note: download starts immediately)
OfficeDrop’s Windows ScanDrop Scanner Software
OfficeDrop’s Mac ScanDrop Scanner Software

And, of course, you can always login to OfficeDrop via the web to upload and manage your documents.

We’ve recently created a video explaining some of the ways you can get your files into the system.

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Document Phrase Search

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

One of OfficeDrop’s most powerful tools is the document search engine that comes with each OfficeDrop account. You can find words, numbers and phrases within your files – fast!

OfficeDrop’s search is a little different than traditional document search that you may be familiar with, because OfficeDrop looks within your files for the search. This includes doing something other services don’t offer – optical character recognition “OCR”.

OCR and Document Search

OCR (optical character recognition) is the software we use to turn a simple scanned image of your paper into a fully text-searchable digital document. Once OCR is employed, applications can recognize individual characters and effectively “read” the document. OCR is the software that makes it possible to text-search your scanned documents.

Document Phrase Search with OfficeDrop

Many of our clients have thousands of files stored in the OfficeDrop system, so narrowing down the search quickly may seem daunting. Thankfully, with document phrase search, finding the right file quickly becomes a lot more manageable.

Here is how phrase search works. Use quotation marks around a series of words to narrow down your search to words that appear in that specific order. So, if you put “invoice number” in quotes in the search box, the OfficeDrop search would first return results with those words next to each other.

Phrase Search

That’s how easy it is! And phrase search works on your mobile devices as well, so you can use it on the go.

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OfficeDrop on Makeuseof and More

Friday, September 30th, 2011

OfficeDrop had great write up on Makeuseof called “How To Use Your iPad / iPhone Camera To Scan Documents To PDF [iPhone & iPad 2]” by Steve Campbell. The article is almost a great case study and goes into detail on how the OfficeDrop iPad app can be used at a conference to scan and store paper.

Here is a quote from the article:

“Picture this. You have a really important meeting at work today, one that you’ve been up most of the night preparing for, creating documents, spreadsheets, and what not. You’ve been tasked with making digital copies of your physical notes to send to your colleagues to help prep them for this meeting, which starts in about two hours. If you were in a hurry and could only bring one thing to this meeting, what would it be?

If it was me, it would be my iPad. As for the documents I had to scan, well, that’s all been taken care of, because I used an iPad app that allowed me to take pictures of each of my documents and turn them into shiny new digital PDFs that I can organize and share with my colleagues at the click of a button. Sound convenient? Prepare to never need to keep a piece of paper ever again.”

Read How MakeUseOf uses OfficeDrop’s iPad 2 App to Scan

Here is some other recent press that we’ve gotten on our iPad app:

September 20, 2011

OfficeDrop Adds iPad Scanning Support

The application also supports taking, cropping and rotating photos that can be sent directly to OfficeDrop, useful for capturing handwritten notes, receipts and business cards on the go. Read About Using OfficeDrop’s iPad App to Scan

September 16, 2011

iPad Document Scanner: OfficeDrop

This free scanner app allows to store files up to 1GB. It is very easy to scan files to PDF using OfficeDrop. Read The Review of OfficeDrop’s iPad 2 Scanner App

Posted in Benefits, cloud computing, Customer Satisfaction, Document Scanners, iPad, iphone, Marketing, OfficeDrop, Paperless, Paperless Champions, Press coverage | No Comments »

BNET Says: OfficeDrop is How to Move Paper to the Cloud

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

We are really proud of a great write up we just got from Dave Johnson of the popular BNET technology blog. Dave’s piece is called “OfficeDrop: How to Move Paper to the Cloud.”

Wow! We couldn’t have said it better.

It’s great when a reporter with an important publication takes the time to use and review our app! That, plus our customer growth, makes us feel like we are headed in the right direction with the service.

Dave says, “Imagine getting a handout at a conference, which you immediately scan with your iPhone’s camera. The document is immediately stored online as a searchable PDF, and you can ditch the handout — one less thing to carry around. Once online, your documents can be organized, shared with others, and searched like a collection of files on your own computer’s hard drive.”

Please click on the link above to read the full article.

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Updated OfficeDrop iPad App

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

The moment we’ve been waiting for has arrived! OfficeDrop’s iPad app is now updated and available in itunes!

Version 2.0 of the OfficeDrop iOS App

With Version 2.0 you now can use your iPad’s camera as a scanner.

iPad as a scanner

Digitize receipts, invoices, contracts – any paper you collect for your business when your iPad is handy! You can create multipage PDFs, either by using the app for several scans in a row, or by selecting multiple items from your iPad’s camera roll. Of course, once uploaded, any and all items become text searchable PDFs in the OfficeDrop system.

Improved folder navigation

The new iPad app makes it even easier to find the exact file your are looking for in the OfficeDrop cloud filing system.

iPad Cloud Folders

We’ve taken customer feedback and dramatically improved the layout, look and navigation that you can use to get to your folders.

Press on the OfficeDrop iPad Update

Tech reporters at Bostinno and Lifehacker have already covered the update to our app. We particularly like the conclusion to the Lifehacker piece, “if you’re looking for an iPad app to scan and save paper documents digitally, OfficeDrop is a good, free alternative.”

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Introducing ScanDrop Lite for Mac

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

We are very excited to announce the newest addition to our cloud paper management product family – Mac ScanDrop Lite! This awesome little app lets Mac users scan paper directly into the world’s leading cloud storage services for FREE. It is a starter product for our paid Mac ScanDrop scanner software as well.

ScanDrop Lite will allow you to scan up to 15 pages per month into Dropbox, Evernote, Google Docs, Gmail or your Mac’s local disk. You can also scan unlimited amounts into OfficeDrop’s cloud filing system. Read the press release below.

OfficeDrop Releases Free Mac Scan-to-Cloud App and Updates Paid Mac App

Free ScanDrop Lite Lets Users Scan Paper Documents Directly to the Cloud or Local Disk, Improved Paid App Adds Document-Splitting and Features Unlimited Uploads

Cambridge, MA — (August 31, 2011) — OfficeDrop today announced a free addition to their ScanDrop for Mac app lineup, ScanDrop Lite. The company also introduced an update to the paid ScanDrop for Mac software. ScanDrop is a scanning software application that digitizes and organizes scanned documents directly to the cloud or to a Mac’s local disc.

Here’s what’s new:

ScanDrop Lite is a brand new free app from OfficeDrop, available for download in the Mac App Store. Like the original version of ScanDrop, users can scan documents directly to the cloud with ease. With the lite app, users can:

Upload 15 pages per month to a variety of cloud programs including Google Docs, Gmail, Evernote and DropBox
Upload unlimited pages to OfficeDrop’s cloud filing cabinet

ScanDrop for Mac ($9.99) has significant updates, including:

Unlimited uploads to either OfficeDrop or any of its cloud services integrations (Google Docs, Gmail, Evernote or DropBox)
Document splitting, which enables users to upload multiple pages at once, then split them into separate documents

For example, an HR administrator could upload a new hire’s paperwork using ScanDrop, then easily separate it into multi-page documents, differentiating the employee’s healthcare application from the W-4 form. These documents could then be tagged and sorted into appropriate folders. Pages also become text-searchable once scanned, so they can be easily found when needed.

Both ScanDrop Lite and ScanDrop for Mac now have:

Syncing of cloud tags, folders, collections and notebooks when scanning to G m ail and scanning to Evernote. Users can look up cloud metadata (like tags) that they have already created, and sort documents as they are scanned
Powerful tools to create better PDFs, including the ability to preview, rotate, crop, delete and drag-and-drop to reorder pages prior to upload
Automatic attachment of scanned documents to Gmail and other popular desktop email programs
OCR (optical character recognition) for Google Docs users, Premium Evernote users and users of OfficeDrop’s digital filing system

“We are excited to bring a free version of our ScanDrop app to market, reaching new users and allowing them to scan and store unlimited documents in OfficeDrop’s digital filing system,” said OfficeDrop CEO Prasad Thammineni. “Additionally, the ability to separate pages from bulk scans into individual documents is a valuable tool that our users have requested, and we are pleased to provide that functionality in our paid ScanDrop app. We believe these developments will help us continue our mission to give paper new life in the cloud.”

ScanDrop works with the majority of scanners currently on the market. The software can be installed and connected in minutes. Download ScanDrop Lite or ScanDrop for Mac at the Mac App Store. A limited lite version of ScanDrop for Windows is also available for free download on the OfficeDrop website.

About OfficeDrop

OfficeDrop makes it easy for small businesses to scan paper to the cloud and access documents from anywhere, at any time, from any device. OfficeDrop’s cloud filing cabinet lets users sort, search and share documents — giving paper new life and making it collaborative! Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, OfficeDrop was founded in 2007. Paper. Digital. Anywhere. Find out more at www .officedrop .com.

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OfficeDrop Android – A Top 10 Office App!

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

techradar has a great piece listing the Top 10 Android Office Apps – and OfficeDrop’s Android App makes the list.

Awesome!

The article starts out by saying, “Fortunately for business-minded users, Android has many third-party options offering similar collections of fully compatible office apps, optical character readers, scanners and converters, all ready to let you use your phone for something a little more useful than moaning on Twitter all day.”

And then, specifically about OfficeDrop’s Android Scanner App, the article says:

OfficeDrop is another doc scanner and reader, only it comes with its own “web-based document portal” allowing users to access and manage their scanned receipts and docs via desktop as well. Files scanned in via your Android phone’s camera are converted to PDF format, with the app letting you search through, label and organise the results.

Check out the article! Or get the app in the app store by scanning the QR code below.

OfficeDrop Android QR Code

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