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egdels

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    Comment #45592672

    For those interested in the technical side: MakeACopy uses reproducible OpenCV/ONNX builds and runs Tesseract OCR fully on-device. The PDF text layer is generated with Apache PDFBo…

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    Show HN: MakeACopy – An offline, open-source document scanner for Android

    After building Let’s Bend, a small open-source harmonica training app that surprisingly reached #1 on HN, I wanted to create something completely different - a document scanner tha…

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    Comment #44224972

    Glad to hear you're planning to check out the app! It includes scale training for major, minor pentatonic, blues, and a few more. If you notice any scales missing that you'd like t…

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    Comment #44224918

    Thanks! That sounds like a cool idea too. In Let’s Bend, I also included a scale training mode, where users can practice playing along with different scales. Maybe that could be us…

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    Comment #44224320

    Thank you so much for the kind words – I’m really happy to hear you found it helpful, even for violin! Let’s Bend was originally designed to support harmonica bending practice, but…

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    Comment #44222008

    Thanks — great to hear you liked it, and that’s a really smart suggestion! Actually, you've inspired a related idea I’ve been thinking about: since the app already shows a magnifie…

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    Comment #44221896

    Thanks so much — that means a lot!

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    Comment #44221879

    Thanks so much for this detailed and generous comment — it’s incredibly encouraging to hear from someone with your level of experience. Yes, the email listed on the Imprint page is…

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    Comment #44221822

    Thanks for sharing that — I really appreciate your perspective and experience. I absolutely agree: bending is a deeply organic thing that you need to feel and hear in your body. No…

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    Show HN: Let’s Bend – Open-Source Harmonica Bending Trainer

    Hi HN, I built a simple harmonica practice app that shows real-time pitch and bending targets for each hole. It helps blues harp players visualize their technique and improve inton…