Visioneer,
Inc., a leader in intelligent imaging solutions, today announced the
Visioneer RoadWarrior, an easy-to-use, yet powerful mobile scanner
for handling all the document needs of the business traveler, from
expense receipts to business cards and documents for only $199.99. The
RoadWarrior software enables scanned receipts to be combined with
virtually any expense report form. Business card software provides
capture, recognition and exporting to leading contact managers, PDAs
and smart phones. The RoadWarrior is also an ideal solution for
scanning and converting documents into searchable Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF) files that are easily organized, shared and
better protected. Visioneer also signed a distribution agreement to
bundle Google Search Tools that allow road warriors to quickly find
documents and maps for important business meetings.
“Today’s road warriors demand that every item in their bag do
double or triple duty and it needs to integrate with their existing
tools. We designed the RoadWarrior to handle business cards, receipts,
expense reports and business documents; as well as provide search and
retrieval of all files on your PC,” said John Capurso, vice president
of marketing at Visioneer. “We constantly survey mobile professionals
for their wish list.”
The Visioneer RoadWarrior, based on Visioneer’s award-winning
Strobe design, measures only 2″ x 1.5″ x 11.4″ and weighs a mere 10
ounces. The mobile scanner is powered through the USB port and
incorporates Visioneer’s patented AutoLaunch technology that
automatically begins the scanning process when a document is inserted
into the scanner. The combination of size, mobility and software allow
the Visioneer RoadWarrior to be the perfect traveling companion for
mobile professionals. It comes bundled with the full-versions of
leading software to scan receipts, business cards and documents for
only $199.99.
Visioneer also announced today that they have signed a
distribution agreement with Google Inc. to bundle Google Desktop
and Google Earth with Visioneer scanners. Google Desktop is a
client application that allows users to easily search their computer,
providing full text search over email, files, music, photos, chats,
viewed web pages, and more.
Combined with Nuance OmniPage Indexer, scanned document images are
OCR’d in the background and indexed to Google Desktop making both
paper and “born digital” files on a PC, searchable by content. Google
Earth is the only program that can deliver a 3D digital map and
directions of the entire earth via the Internet, “because every road
warrior needs to know where they are and where they’re going.” Users
can point and zoom to anyplace on the planet. Satellite images and
local facts zoom into view, enhanced by Google search to show local
points of interest and facts. “Visioneer recognizes the profound
impact that Google has had on the industry and has added these
powerful search, indexing and mapping solutions to enhance its product
line,” said Capurso.
Visioneer RoadWarrior – The Solution for a Paperless Road
Business professionals want the best easy-to-use products and full
function solutions whether on the go or in the office. Unlike other
receipt scanners, the RoadWarrior is compatible with virtually any
company’s expense report form whether in Excel-format, a customized
application or web-applet. With Nuance PaperPort, receipts and expense
reports are “stacked” as searchable PDF files, ready for digital
signature and retrievable later by simply searching on keywords such
as city, airline, hotel or restaurant name. Now any document
encountered by the business traveler (receipts, business cards, notes,
office documents, or directions) can be scanned, organized and shared.
— SCAN – Users can scan receipts, business cards, articles,
newspaper clippings, handwritten notes and photographs. The
RoadWarrior can scan documents up to 8 1/2″ wide and 14″ long.
— ORGANIZE – The RoadWarrior software bundle allows users to
stack their scanned receipts and expense report to make
submissions and approvals fast and paperless. In fact, when
combined with digital signatures and electronic reimbursement,
the receipt may be the last piece of paper touched by the
business traveler.
— SHARE – Because documents are scanned into a searchable PDF
format, users can easily send and share information that is
accurate and secure. Scanned receipts are now accepted by the
IRS and most corporate accounting departments.
Scanner Specifications
The RoadWarrior is a fast, mobile scanner that can be connected to
computer quickly via the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface and has a
resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi with 36-bit color. With Visioneer’s
patented technologies, the RoadWarrior is Paper Driven and
automatically scans documents when inserted into the scanner. Users
can scan regardless of location because the RoadWarrior is powered
through the USB port. The RoadWarrior is designed to automatically
convert, at the user’s option, any scanned item into a text-searchable
PDF file while maintaining the visual integrity of the original
document.
The RoadWarrior scanner comes with a generous software bundle for
mobile professionals, including Google Desktop; Google Earth;
award-winning Nuance PaperPort document management software that
provides the fastest way to scan receipts, expense reports, documents,
and photos to create electronic expense reports ideal for electronic
submission, record keeping and retrieval; Nuance OmniPage precision
OCR analysis software with advanced layout detection and logical form
recognition, which allows users to create Text Searchable PDF files
without having to retype them; and NewSoft Presto! BizCard, reads and
imports business card information with accuracy and imports them to
your favorite contact manager such as Outlook, ACT, Goldmine, or your
favorite PDA or smart phone. The RoadWarrior includes Visioneer’s
award-winning OneTouch software and TWAIN and WIA drivers.
Minimum System Requirements
Minimum system requirements are a Pentium II 300 MHz or equivalent
processor or higher and Windows 2000 or Windows XP, 256MB of RAM
(512MB RAM for Windows XP), 200 MB available hard disk space, a CD-ROM
drive and a USB port.
Price and Availability
The Visioneer RoadWarrior is currently available at a suggested
retail price of $199.99, through authorized VARs and retailers,
computer super stores and online services, mail order catalogs and
from Visioneer’s web site at www.visioneer.com.
