Hi Lennart, Thanks for your response. Lennart Regebro wrote:

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It is quite possible to create that type of application with Zope, yes. To search the scanned images you need OCR software. It's not included in Zope, but you can integrate third-party SW. Same thing goes for PDF support.

I can use Xsane for scanning. It is a graphic-mode application Also I can use "kooka" to do scan and OCR, also a graphic-mode application. What I need is a desktop/platform for keeping all scanned images for me to do some simple editing/graphic retouching work. Of course I can use GIMP but it is not for such a purpose. Also I can use "convert", a single line command, from ImageMagicks to convert all scanned images to PDF format as a book. All of them are not an open-box solution. Maybe I create some script with "python" to glue all mentioned applications. But I am now searching whether there is a more simple and straight-forward solution.

Most likely, if you have a software that works the way you like, the cheapest way will be to buy that software. But yes, you CAN do what you describe with Zope + some third-party software.

I have been running PaperPort/PageKeeper/OmniPage/Pagis for years. They work fine on Windows. But I am searching for a similar application from OpenSource to run on Linux B.Regards Stephen