Dirky 0 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Hi,I have a few Moleskine A5 lined notebooks.I am considering upgrading my account and scanning these in to Evernote.However, I have a slight problem.I can scan the book open, which is two A5 pages, this is fine. However the image needs rotating through 90 degrees.I can save as a PDF of JPEG.If I save the scans as PDF I am unable to rotate them 90 degrees before I upload to Evernote.If I save them as JPEG I can do this before I upload them.What I'd like to know is; what is the benefit of uploading them as PDF rather than JPEG, if any?ThanksMike Link to comment
BurgersNFries 2,407 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 What I'd like to know is; what is the benefit of uploading them as PDF rather than JPEG, if any?Jpegs can only be one image. So if you have a notebook with 10 pages, you're going to have multiple jpegs. So you'd have one jpeg for page 1. Another jpeg for pages 2 & 3 (if you scan the book open). Another jpeg for pages 4 & 5. etc. PDFs can store all 10 pages, in order, in a single document. PDFs really are a lot better for multiple page documents, IMO. Link to comment
Dirky 0 Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 What I'd like to know is; what is the benefit of uploading them as PDF rather than JPEG, if any?Jpegs can only be one image. So if you have a notebook with 10 pages, you're going to have multiple jpegs. So you'd have one jpeg for page 1. Another jpeg for pages 2 & 3 (if you scan the book open). Another jpeg for pages 4 & 5. etc. PDFs can store all 10 pages, in order, in a single document. PDFs really are a lot better for multiple page documents, IMO.Thanks for your reply. The books each contain 240 A5 pages, which will be 120 A4 scans. I don't envisage making this in to one large PDF, besides each page contains different datesand client information which I want to provide tags for to assist in searching.Are there any differences in the OCR ability of Evernote with regards to PDF or JPEGS which I should be aware of?ThanksMike Link to comment
pangloss 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I would also like to know the answer to this, as I'm getting ready to scan in a massive amount of handwritten notes, and am curious about how well Evernote OCR's handwriting in PDFs. PDF form would be better organization-wise, but OCR is more important than organization at this point. Link to comment
engberg 89 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 PDFs are more convenient if you have multiple pages that you're scanning at the same time.If you're only scanning a single piece of paper, you'll probably find JPEG gives you a better experience in Evernote. I think our handwriting processing may be better in JPEG images than in a PDF. Link to comment
Dirky 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 I would also like to know the answer to this, as I'm getting ready to scan in a massive amount of handwritten notes, and am curious about how well Evernote OCR's handwriting in PDFs. PDF form would be better organization-wise, but OCR is more important than organization at this point.I'm thinking I will go with JPEGs then, as a I say I need to tag pages individually, which means I need to scan each page in separately, if I ever need to convert them to a PDF I can dothat with other tools at a later date I guess?Mike Link to comment
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