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Haskell desktop app Perspec 1.0 released for document photo perspective correction
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Perspec 1.0 is a new desktop application for correcting perspective distortion in document photos, written in Haskell.
Engineers working with document digitization or image processing may find Perspec useful for batch-correcting photos of receipts or documents without compression artifacts. The tool prioritizes workflow efficiency and output quality over mobile convenience, addressing common frustrations with existing scanner apps. Its release highlights Haskell’s viability for desktop applications with computer vision tasks.
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Perspec 1.0 corrects perspective distortion in document photos, exporting to PNG to avoid JPEG compression artifacts.
The app includes a GUI for manual adjustments, improving accuracy over fully automatic mobile scanner apps.
Written in Haskell, Perspec demonstrates an alternative to Python-based tools like OpenCV or scikit-image for computer vision tasks.
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