# EasyTrace Pro β€” Complete User Guide Welcome to the **EasyTrace Pro** User Guide. EasyTrace Pro is an advanced document scanning and optical character recognition (OCR) application that seamlessly transforms your mobile phone camera into a wireless desktop document scannerβ€”no mobile app installation required! --- ## Table of Contents 1. [Overview & Concept](#overview--concept) 2. [Key Features](#key-features) 3. [System Requirements & Network Setup](#system-requirements--network-setup) 4. [Step-by-Step Instructions](#step-by-step-instructions) - [1. Connecting Your Phone (Mobile Lens)](#1-connecting-your-phone-mobile-lens) - [2. Scanning & Uploading Documents](#2-scanning--uploading-documents) - [3. Importing Images from PC](#3-importing-images-from-pc) - [4. Editing & Formatting Pages (Rotate, Filter, Crop)](#4-editing--formatting-pages-rotate-filter-crop) - [5. Extracting Text with OCR](#5-extracting-text-with-ocr) - [6. Exporting to PDF & Printing](#6-exporting-to-pdf--printing) - [7. Starting a New Scan Session](#7-starting-a-new-scan-session) 5. [Troubleshooting & FAQs](#troubleshooting--faqs) --- ## Overview & Concept EasyTrace Pro operates on a **Mobile Lens to PC** architecture: - **PC / Web Application**: Serves as the central workspace where scanned pages are organized, enhanced, OCR-processed, printed, or exported to PDF. - **Mobile Lens**: Uses a lightweight, browser-based camera web page generated dynamically via a QR code. Any smartphone (iOS or Android) connected to the same network can scan pages directly into the PC workspace without installing software. --- ## Key Features - **πŸ“± Zero-Install Mobile Lens**: Scan documents with any smartphone camera simply by scanning a QR code. - **⚑ Real-Time Transmission**: Images captured on mobile transfer instantly to your PC screen over P2P/Local Wi-Fi. - **✨ Image Filters & Enhancements**: - **Original**: High-fidelity raw capture. - **Enhanced**: Boosts contrast, brightness, and color saturation for crisp documents. - **Grayscale**: Removes color noise for monochrome document storage. - **B&W Clean**: High-contrast black and white mode for clean black text on white backgrounds. - **πŸ“ Precise Manual Cropping**: Crop specific regions with custom interactive corner handles. - **πŸ”„ Rotation**: Rotate pages 90Β° clockwise with one click. - **πŸ” Optical Character Recognition (OCR)**: - **Full Page OCR**: Automatically extracts all printable text on the current page. - **Select Area OCR**: Click and drag to select a specific snippet of text to extract. - **One-Click Clipboard Copy**: Copy extracted text with a single tap. - **πŸ“„ Export & Print**: - Export multi-page documents as high-quality PDF files. - Send documents directly to connected printers. - **🎨 Neumorphic Soft UI**: Elegant, distraction-free desktop user interface. --- ## System Requirements & Network Setup > [!IMPORTANT] > **Network Requirement**: Both your Phone and PC/Laptop **MUST** be connected to the **SAME Wi-Fi network** (or local network) for the mobile camera stream to establish connection. - **Desktop Operating System**: Windows 10/11 or Web Browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari). - **Mobile Device**: Any smartphone with a camera and web browser (iOS Safari, Android Chrome/Firefox). --- ## Step-by-Step Instructions ### 1. Connecting Your Phone (Mobile Lens) 1. Open EasyTrace Pro on your PC or Web Browser. 2. Look at the left sidebar under **Connection Status**: - If it displays **Awaiting Phone**, click the QR Code button or bar to expand the **Scan with Phone** overlay. 3. Open your smartphone's camera app and scan the displayed **QR Code** (or manually navigate to the URL shown below the QR code). 4. On your phone, the **EasyTrace Lens** web page will open. 5. The sidebar status on your PC will automatically change to **Lens Connected** (green indicator). --- ### 2. Scanning & Uploading Documents 1. On your smartphone's EasyTrace Lens interface: - Tap **πŸ“· Open Camera & Capture** to snap a document photo. - Or tap **πŸ“ Upload from Storage** to select existing photo(s) from your phone's gallery. 2. Confirm the capture on your phone. 3. The scanned page will immediately appear in your PC workspace and populate in the left sidebar page list. --- ### 3. Importing Images from PC If you already have image files stored on your PC: 1. In an empty workspace, click **Upload Image from PC**, or click **New Scan** in the top action toolbar. 2. Select one or multiple image files (`.jpg`, `.png`). 3. The selected images will be processed and added to your workspace page list. --- ### 4. Editing & Formatting Pages (Rotate, Filter, Crop) - **Switching Pages**: Click any thumbnail in the left sidebar **Pages** list to view or edit that specific page. - **Applying Image Filters**: - Use the top filter bar above the workspace (**Original**, **Enhanced**, **Grayscale**, **B&W Clean**) to switch image modes. - **Rotating Pages**: - Click the **Rotate** button in the top toolbar to rotate the image 90Β° clockwise. - **Cropping Pages**: 1. Click **Crop** in the top action toolbar. 2. Drag the handles/corners over the target region. 3. Click **Confirm Crop** at the bottom of the workspace to apply. Click **Cancel Crop** to exit without changes. --- ### 5. Extracting Text with OCR 1. Select the page you want to extract text from. 2. Click **OCR** in the top action toolbar. 3. Choose an OCR mode: - **Full OCR**: Scans and extracts text from the entire page. - **Select Area**: Click and drag a selection box around a specific section of text, then click **Extract Text (OCR)**. 4. The extracted text will display in the right-side **Extracted Text** panel. 5. Click the **Copy** icon at the top right of the text panel to copy the extracted text to your clipboard. --- ### 6. Exporting to PDF & Printing - **Export to PDF**: - Click **Export PDF (X)** in the top action toolbar (where X is the number of pages). - In Web mode, the generated PDF file downloads directly to your browser download folder. - In Windows Desktop mode, a PDF save dialog allows you to choose your output location. - **Print Document**: - Click **Print** in the top action toolbar to send the active page or document directly to your system printer. --- ### 7. Starting a New Scan Session 1. Click **New Scan** in the top action toolbar. 2. If you have unsaved pages in your workspace: - A dialog will ask: *"Do you want to save current pages before starting a new session?"* - Click **Save**: Prompts for a folder location, saves all pages & OCR text files, and resets the workspace. - Click **Cancel**: Closes the dialog and keeps your current workspace intact without making changes. --- ## Troubleshooting & FAQs #### Q: My phone says "This site can't be reached" when scanning the QR code. - **Solution**: Ensure your phone and PC are connected to the exact same Wi-Fi network. Check that your PC's firewall allows incoming connections on port 8080 or the designated server port. #### Q: The QR code is obscured or hidden. - **Solution**: Click on the **Awaiting Phone** / **Lens Connected** bar in the top-left sidebar to expand or minimize the QR code overlay. #### Q: How do I delete a single page from my document? - **Solution**: Select the page thumbnail in the left sidebar, then click **Delete** in the top action toolbar and confirm. --- *For any query feel free to email at: [info@codeshahid.com](mailto:info@codeshahid.com)*