There are a few solutions. Basically what you're looking for is a nice front end to a virtual filesystem, with some bells and whistles.
Take a bunch of paper, scan it, index it, file it. Additionally, do the same for non-scanned work (email, doc, pdf,...)
Windows wise, Doctrieve (now Redmap networks, look for a similar product) is a good solution. Theres a range of products, all providing more or less similar functionality (some more bells here, some less whistles there...) Non-windows wise, theres an opensource one called DocMgr which provides similar functionality, albeit a bit immature.
OCR is really the big issue here with scanned work. I've only dabbled with OCR under linux (using GOCR) with limited success. Bad OCR == bad indexing == useless searching.
I'm currently in the process of writing something similar targeted for the higher-end market. If you're interested in testing or evaulating, drop me an email.
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Check out the Bayonne project if you want to create the system yourself. It doesn't support a whole bunch of hardware, and to be honest this will be your biggest problem. Find hardware that is supported by linux and you'll probably find software/libs/apps for free.
Dialogic cards are probably your best bet, but they're not cheap, and you'll have to be careful in regards to which models work (well) under Linux. Some can be a nightmare. You might want to check out Pika cards too. I haven't used them, but I've heard they do the job.
If you're looking for a relatively cheap box that does all this for you, take a look at Ostel's IVR100B. Around $2k for a 4 port box.
The problem with 1RU and the Tyan Thunder K7 is the power supply. It requires a 460W power supply (well, according to Tyan -- I've read about people using 350W ones).
Try finding a 1RU 460W power supply at your local parts dealer.
I've respected John Carmack for a while now. I've been a big fan of his games. I'm of the opinion that he has revolutionised the FPS genre. Sure, theres been notable games from other people [Half-Life albeit a Quake2 engine was kinda cool. Unreal was quite pretty. Unreal Tournament looks pretty nifty, etc] but it's been the Doom/Quake/Quake2's that have upped the ante.
In 1998 myself and a few other nutballs organised a Quake/Quake2 comp down here in Australia. It was quite large [for us:)] at the time.
We emailed John telling him about the event, and asked for a novelty-type prize. We [being nerds] had envisaged a signed page of Quake2 code or so.
He was quite nice about the whole thing, and ended up sending us a blown piston from his Testarossa [I think.. it might've been the F50]. An expensive lump of metal with a gaping hole through it. I thought it was impressive:)
There were two of these, one went to us, and the other went to some event in Canada, I believe. While the piston no doubt meant nothing to John, it was a remarkably nice gesture on his behalf to ship it half way across the world to some goons in Australia.
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Bzzzt! Thanks for coming. the spec has been around a lot longer than that. I was using Castor back in early 2001.
I won't bother boring you with my experiences using it.
There are a few solutions. Basically what you're looking for is a nice front end to a virtual filesystem, with some bells and whistles.
...)
Take a bunch of paper, scan it, index it, file it. Additionally, do the same for non-scanned work (email, doc, pdf,
Windows wise, Doctrieve (now Redmap networks, look for a similar product) is a good solution. Theres a range of products, all providing more or less similar functionality (some more bells here, some less whistles there...) Non-windows wise, theres an opensource one called DocMgr which provides similar functionality, albeit a bit immature.
OCR is really the big issue here with scanned work. I've only dabbled with OCR under linux (using GOCR) with limited success. Bad OCR == bad indexing == useless searching.
I'm currently in the process of writing something similar targeted for the higher-end market. If you're interested in testing or evaulating, drop me an email.
Check out the Bayonne project if you want to create the system yourself. It doesn't support a whole bunch of hardware, and to be honest this will be your biggest problem. Find hardware that is supported by linux and you'll probably find software/libs/apps for free.
Dialogic cards are probably your best bet, but they're not cheap, and you'll have to be careful in regards to which models work (well) under Linux. Some can be a nightmare. You might want to check out Pika cards too. I haven't used them, but I've heard they do the job.
If you're looking for a relatively cheap box that does all this for you, take a look at Ostel's IVR100B. Around $2k for a 4 port box.
The problem with 1RU and the Tyan Thunder K7 is the power supply. It requires a 460W power supply (well, according to Tyan -- I've read about people using 350W ones).
Try finding a 1RU 460W power supply at your local parts dealer.
I've respected John Carmack for a while now. I've been a big fan of his games. I'm of the opinion that he has revolutionised the FPS genre. Sure, theres been notable games from other people [Half-Life albeit a Quake2 engine was kinda cool. Unreal was quite pretty. Unreal Tournament looks pretty nifty, etc] but it's been the Doom/Quake/Quake2's that have upped the ante.
:)] at the time.
:)
In 1998 myself and a few other nutballs organised a Quake/Quake2 comp down here in Australia. It was quite large [for us
We emailed John telling him about the event, and asked for a novelty-type prize. We [being nerds] had envisaged a signed page of Quake2 code or so.
He was quite nice about the whole thing, and ended up sending us a blown piston from his Testarossa [I think.. it might've been the F50]. An expensive lump of metal with a gaping hole through it. I thought it was impressive
There were two of these, one went to us, and the other went to some event in Canada, I believe. While the piston no doubt meant nothing to John, it was a remarkably nice gesture on his behalf to ship it half way across the world to some goons in Australia.
Anyway. Thats my 2c Carmack story.