ossappscollective / ossappscollective/OSS-DocumentScanner

[FEATURE REQUEST] Workflow for automatic OCR, PDF Export, sync and delete

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
No, it is a feature request to use it as the scanner and OCR App for paperless-ngx and alike

Describe the solution you'd like
I would love to be able to define a fixed workflow/profile to start automatically after a picture has been taken:

  • improve Image (possible already)
  • white paper (possible already)
  • perform OCR
  • Export PDF
  • Sync PDF to WebDAV folder (better: send it there directly)
  • delete local scan after 5 minutes (or immediately after confirmation sync to WebDAV has been successfull)

Describe alternatives you've considered
Right now I have to do all steps after white paper manually. I use this app to send a PDF to my consume folder of Paperless-ngx

Additional context
If this whole this is too complicated please at least two things: I dont really get the point of "syncing" with WebDAV-Folder. The file is not deleted after it is synced and when I sync it again, I get a duplicate in my consume folder. And: Auto-OCR. I keep forgetting it and Paperless OCR is crap.

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Research direction

Use the requested workflow as the starting point and inspect the existing image improvement, white-paper processing, OCR, PDF export, and WebDAV sync entry points. Define how automatic execution, successful-sync deletion, and duplicate prevention should work, then verify the full picture-to-PDF workflow and each requested step.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, cpp, opencv
Domain
computer-vision, mobile-dev, networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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