Transform digital photo “notes” into PDFs with Qipit
Posted by Jacque on August 31st, 2007
I have seen people at conferences taking cameraphone pictures of presenters’ PowerPoints, notes, or whiteboard jottings but haven’t tried it myself. The Lifehacker post on Qipit caught my eye as I thought about what one might usefully do with those shots after you have them.
Qipit is a web app that can turn digital photos from a cellphone or camera into a PDF. In essence, you use the digital camera to make a copy of a document by sending photos of it via email or MMS, or uploading them to your Qipit account. You can archive and manage online digital copies of up to 100 documents for free. The documents can be tagged and made public if you like.
Gina Trapani says that Qipit handles lower-res photos better than ScanR which requires a 2MP cameraphone, but finds the site a bit slow and flaky. “Still, once it stabilizes and speeds up, Qipit will be a nice option for students and professionals who want to capture that whiteboard quickly.”
Qipit has a cameraphone compatibility chart here.
