# GNU Software Catalog: @item @code{sane}

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Sun, 1 Nov 1998 23:11:03 -0500

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Hello. I am editing the GNU Software Catalog. Our records
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*** BEGIN current working copy of GNU's Bulletin text

@item @code{sane}
SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) is a universal scanner interface.
The value of such a universal interface is that it allows writing
just one driver per image acquisition device
rather than one driver for each device and application.
So, if you have three applications and four devices,
traditionally you'd have had to write 12 different programs.
With SANE, this number is reduced to seven:
the three applications plus the four drivers.
Of course, the savings get even bigger as more and
more drivers and/or applications are added.

*** END Bulletin text

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