Introducing Qipit White for the iPhone
September 18th, 2009You′ve just completed an hour long session on the whiteboard, creating the formula to cure cancer, the elusive unified theory of everything, the killer business model or maybe it was a masterpiece of whiteboard art.
Now how do you save it, share it or even print it? Enter your iPhone and Qipit White.
Qipit White is a new application for your iPhone that allows you to copy and share whiteboards and flipcharts in a snap. The application takes that dark, hard to read iPhone picture, removes unwanted shadows, glare, whitens the background and enhances the colors of your writing. The result is a fully transformed ink-on-white digital copy of your original creation.
Now you can easily collaborate with colleagues, share it with your friends and family, save it for future reference or print it as a handout for the next meeting. All from the convenience of a device that you know and is always with you, your iPhone.
Here is how it works:
Once you have downloaded the Qipit White iPhone Application from the Apple App Store on your iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G S or iPod Touch¹, then you are ready to begin.
¹The device must have a camera to capture new images.Launch the application by tapping the Qipit White icon on your phone.
Take a picture of the whiteboard, greyboard, copyboard, flip chart or paperboard. The application will immediately begin to transform the photo as seen in this screen shot below.
Then presto! In just a few moments you have a highly legible digital copy of your information. Notice how the glare, shadows and that dark tint has been removed. Your left with just the information you need and none of the baggage you get from just a photo.
Next you can easily share your copy as a PDF or a picture by pressing the appropriate button. A copy is automatically saved to your iPhone, so can can press cancel to make the next copy.
You can also, access and manage all of your digital copies at any time.
If you are already familiar with the free Qipit (www.qipit.com) mobile online service, you may be thinking what is the difference? Qipit White is fully independent from any server side processing. It transforms the photograph into the qipit copy, directly on the handset. Qipit on the other hand, processes your photos on our servers and saves a copy online plus much more. Both products use our patented and award winning scanning engine and benefit from the reliability, knowledge and expertise you would expect from the the inventors of the mobile copy industry.
We are very excited about Qipit White and believe it is an essential collaboration and archival companion for whiteboards and flipcharts. I hope you will find it as useful as we do. If you have any thoughts or ideas on how to make it even better, please let us know.
Thanks,
~ Conrad
September 27th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Do you convert Chinese language?
September 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I ask about the Chinese because I have 300 white board shots from sitting in class.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Qipit White transforms anything written on a whiteboard into an ink-on-white clean copy. It works regardless of language. So it works just as well on Chinese as English or French. However, it does not perform OCR for any language, that is not its purpose.
October 25th, 2009 at 6:09 am
What about sending as a fax?
October 25th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Do you have a release date for WebOS?
October 26th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Your application is just like JotNot on the iPhone, the only difference being that they have built in the ability to send your captured image to Evernote. You may not be aware of how many people use Evernote, but it if you expect to stay competitive, you can easily include send to Evernote support in your app using Evernote’s API. Until this is done with your App, I will stick with JotNot. Also, you might look into the features JotNot has for straightening photos taken at an angle.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
@Johnathan - The newest version of Qipit White has the ability to send your qipits directly to Evernote, TwitPic and Facebook. It has already been submitted to Apple to be published. Look for it in about a week or so (Maybe sooner).
October 26th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
@Christian - Our next application, which is currently in the works will have the capability to scan documents and fax. Of course, it will need an auto-focus camera. Currently the only iPhone with this capability is the 3GS.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
?available for android phones??
October 28th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
And I have a 3GS…
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:29 am
i am waiting for being able to send faxes¡¡ please, make it real as soon as posible¡¡
thank you very much¡
November 14th, 2009 at 9:01 am
when are you coming to Android? with the new motorola droid there is a huge new userbase.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
@Dean We are working on releasing versions for other smartphones in the next few months. Keep an eye on the Qipit blog and our twitter account for the latest news.
November 30th, 2009 at 8:43 am
I love Qipit and have it now for the iphone - but I only seem to be able to produce single files of 1 flipchart each. What I loved about the old qipit website was the ability to collate several pages of flipcharts into one PDF document. Is this possible on the iphone app or will you be adding this?