Decapod Use Cases

1. Librarian with an Old Small Fragile Collection

Scan fragile items in a safe manner. Items include: pamphlets, old manuscripts, scrolls, and foreign/ancient works.
Be able to preview / review capture items and adjust or fix any mistakes as to reduce handling of the object.
Likewise, would like to be able to crop and remaster captures onsite - if the results aren't good enough, have the ability to recapture right there.
Be able to increase the fidelity / resolution of the images captured to convey the condition of the work.
Must be able to work with existing light (Since some work is very fragile and sensitive to UV or heat)
Categorize and describe the content so that it can be easily searched and indexed.
Publish the captured content to a public repository where library card holders can easily access it remotely.
possibly a large amount of shelf space which can not leave rooms
Inexperienced users. Will need at least a quick walkthrough.
Equipment provided and little training materials provided by library
Motivated to capture material - unpaid, inexperienced.
Important to get success early with these users.
Small staff of assistants who can do digitization.
Initially a surge in demand (for popular books), and then trickle

Quickly scan and capture items without removing it from the premises.
Work quickly due to sensitivity and security of the work being captured.
At a later time and location, compile the images captured into books and publish them as PDF to a website.
Example: Archeology sites - maps and other information that are secure and sensitive.

Recreate digital copies of municipal archives which are "good enough" for on-screen viewing, with minimal effort.
Speed and accuracy are motivating factors, though quality often is not.
Pass on the captured images to archivist who takes care of the rest.
Low cost mechanical handling, processing done elsewhere.
Offshore digitization workers, and domestic volunteers are considered the same user.

Create faithful reproductions of unique and interesting artifacts from the archive, like photos and letters.
Preview an accurate preview of the final output as to discern the quality, and fix or recapture bad images if needed.
Take captures from volunteers and other staff and properly describe the content and adjusts any croppings or content flow.

Quickly be able to capture rare and delicate works in-situ with little handling of the item.
Using paid workers and partners to deploy into the field to do the capturing.
Quality of product (i.e. the output) is a big importance, so being able to easily do QA on captures throughout process is needed:
- Do QA while in the field.
- Do QA before final output.
- QA final output periodically as part of QC.

Independent scholar is interested in a particular subject matter and would like to build a personal collection of content for their own interest.
They would often visit a collection to read material, and a Decapod system would allow them to "take" copies of the material without removing them from the facility.
There may also be an opportunity for the library to get a copy of the digitized material as a way of crowd sourcing. This would imply that there is a Decapod system available to borrow at the institution.

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digitized content is missing pages and a request is made to fill the missing parts
Alternative technology support: user would like to use a flatbed scanner or some other non-Decapod hardware, but would still like to use it with the Decapod system for QA, processing, and/or output.
This can be accomplished through crowd sourcing with the Independent Scholar.

Scan books to get a digital text version of the book.
Read a faithful digital text reproduction of a book by using a screen reader.
Quickly browse / navigate a book by scanning chapters, pages, and paragraphs.
Convert text into different formats depending on context of use (i.e. Daisy, PDF, HTML, or MS Word).
Cut and paste between different textual documents to create a report.
Edge case application for this project.