• About Us
  • Copyright Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Authors
  • Career
  • Contact Us
Assamese |   Bengali |  
Monday, March 8, 2021
NORTHEAST NOW
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
NORTHEAST NOW
Assamese
Home Science and Technology

IIT-Bombay students launch scanning app

NE NOW NEWS by NE NOW NEWS
GUWAHATI , August 30, 2020 2:14 pm
Scanning app launched by IIT bombay students

Scanning app launched by IIT bombay students

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Here comes an indigenous alternative to Chinese document-scanning apps, following the Centre’s decision to ban 59 mobile apps which were prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India.

AIR Scanner, a free-of-cost mobile application, has been developed Rohit Kumar Chaudhary and Kavin Agrawal, two final-year B.Tech students in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay.

Their inspiration comes from Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s clarion call for an Aatma Nirbhar Bharat.

AIR Scanner has been launched on Independence Day and the AI (Artificial Intelligence) based Reading Assistant & Document Scanner app can scan documents and also read to users who have difficulty in reading English.

“Initially, we had been working on developing an app to make the reading experience easy for people who find it difficult to read English. It was then that the Indian government banned many Chinese apps including mobile scanner apps,” says Rohit Kumar Chaudhary, one of the developers.

“After the ban on Chinese app – CamScanner, we surveyed and found that people are facing issues in scanning and organising documents through their mobile phones,” he added.

“It was then we decided to add scanning features too to our existing AIR App,” he added.

So, what makes this app special are its exclusive safety features?

The document you scan using your mobile camera will be saved in PDF format and will be stored in the device only.

“AIR Scanner app does not collect any information about the user and all the documents are stored in the phone’s local storage,” adds Rohit.

“We are not using any cloud storage to store the documents of the users. The app guarantees complete user security,” he further said.

The app is free of cost and at the same time completely secure.

“Many scanner apps require users to sign-in to their apps. Once you sign-in to the application, they automatically back-up all your documents and your personal information into their cloud,” he further said.

“This is where the security issue arises. AIR Scanner app doesn’t even require you to sign-in,” he added.

With this app, every user can enjoy all the document scanner features such as scanning, organizing and sharing documents without worrying about its security.

An added advantage of this app is its Artificial Intelligence feature that reads out the scanned pages and also provides the meaning of the selected word to the user in 40 different languages.

“The motivation behind this innovation is to help people in education,” Rohit further said.

“As of now, it is available in English language only, but we are planning to make it available in multiple languages which will make it easy for anyone to read any language,” he added.

“Soon we are planning to convert this project into a Start-Up,” he further said.

” As of now, there are 1500 downloads from the Play Store. Currently, it is available for Android users only but soon it will be released for iOS users too”, he said.

The application can be downloaded from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hind.airscanner.

MNF leaders in Parva

Mizoram: 479 BJP supporters join Mizo National Front in Chakma district

Assam Assembly elections: AIUDF releases first list of 16 candidates

Assam Assembly elections: AIUDF releases first list of 16 candidates

Congress

Assam Assembly elections: Congress releases 2nd list of candidates for Titabor, Naoboicha, Dhakuakhana

DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra SIngh

DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh visits several vaccination centres in Guwahati

NORTHEAST NOW

Northeast Now is a multi-app based hyper-regional bilingual news portal. Led by a group of professionals, the digital news platform covers every inch of the eight states of northeast India and the five neighbouring countries. It is the first of its kind new media initiative in the northeast, and is based in Guwahati. As the political dynamics in the northeast is intricate and fluid, Northeast Now is always politically neutral.

 
Our Properties
 
  • NORTHEAST NOW ASSAMESE
  • NORTHEAST JOBS
  • NORTHEAST TENDERS
  • INNFINITY
  • About Us
  • Copyright Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Authors
  • Career
  • Contact Us

© 2019 - Maintained by EZEN Software & Technology Pvt. Ltd

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion

© 2019 - Maintained by EZEN Software & Technology Pvt. Ltd