multidotscan by Walter Nagel

For easy operation of a wide range of scanning systems

Over the years, manufacturers of book or document scanners have expanded their scanning software and equipped it with more and more functions. By now, some of these bundled scan clients are so overloaded with “features” that they have become confusing and cumbersome to use. Many of these functions are rarely used in practice. As a result, there is a high amount of time required for training and familiarization with the scanning software, as well as a negative attitude among employees toward overly complex settings.

In addition, cultural institutions have various types of materials with different characteristics that need to be digitized. This often presents additional challenges when working with different types of scanners from different manufacturers within a scanning center or digitization workshop.

The idea behind this software was a scanning client that you can intuitively operate and even supports you in digitizing heterogeneous materials.

The multidotscan software provides a clear user interface that allows you to operate the respective scanner via touchscreen. This results in a very short learning curve, as you, your staff, or other users only need to work with one solution and no longer require any additional scanning software to operate your scanners.

Advantages of using multidotscan

Increased Productivity

With camera-based scanning systems, scanning fragile and difficult originals is possible due to the small opening angle. However, these systems use SLR cameras, which means that the digitized images must be post-processed in a second step. By adding one of these solutions to multidotscan as a scan client, post-processing becomes unnecessary, and your productivity is significantly increased. You gain the following specific functions and associated benefits:

• Live video preview, including result preview
• No more post-processing needed, as all required steps are performed in multidotscan
• The scanning software documents the processes in a history, allowing easy insertion and replacement of scans at any point while maintaining the frame size
• Left and right pages are saved automatically in the correct order
• The operator always has an overview of the scanned job, the setting parameters, and the camera status
• Triggering with a foot switch is independent of the mouse pointer’s position