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thabang
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Mobile document scanner API

Hi , I would like to know if you have a document scanner api/SDK for users who want to integrate their mobile app with this document scanning feature you launched on dropbox app? 
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G_Cougard
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

Hello @Greg K. ! I am super interested in what @johntunell is asking, we would like to have DropBox Scanning feature integrated with our website : our employees could directly scan with their mobile phone by clicking on a button in our app, DropBox would scan and copy document both in our system and in our back-up DropBox storage. 

 

Would this be possible? 

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johntunell
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago
Yeah I can see so many possibilities with an API for this. We would use it as a step in our document processing pipeline, making documents more uniform in our web app and easier to analyze.
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    G_Cougard
    Explorer | Level 4
    8 years ago

    johntunell Any idea on how to sky-rocket this topic to the top of DropBox customers' requirements?  :disappointed_relieved:

     

     

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      johntunell
      Explorer | Level 4
      8 years ago

      Not sure.

      I have friends at multiple startups in Sthlm that are working with processing documents that are in the same situation, looking for "of the shelf" API:s/solutions to make their documents more uniform (rotating, cropping etc). The alternative that most go for is to implement this themselves, which is costly and often not the main objective for the business.  The document scanner that dropbox have is hands down the best on the market atm, so its a shame if that is not being leveraged into a service that can be used by business. Do you have any suggestions?

      • G_Cougard's avatar
        G_Cougard
        Explorer | Level 4
        8 years ago

        Not really ... I do believe this is something that many company would love to be able to use, but I also know that without enough crowd, we won't get much attention from Dropbox product management team ... 

         

        Am I right @Greg K. ? 

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