Original documents, like letters, viewable through INQSnap

Every now and then, a letter sent through the post, not by email, pops up in the Inquirer newsroom. Now, with the newly upgraded Inquirer Mobile app, the simple pleasure of reading such originals can be shared with many readers.

The INQSnap augmented-reality function included in the Inquirer Mobile app allows the newspaper to run images or PDF files of important or interesting documents. This page, for example, “carries” facsimile copies of three letters sent by the remarkable Godofredo Peteza of Daet, Camarines Norte, a war veteran and a regular letter writer. The signed letters may be typewritten, but they are nevertheless more revealing than email; they also carry various markings and even short notes from the editor in chief, part of the process of turning “snail mail” into a published letter.

The Inquirer Mobile app can be downloaded for free from either the App Store (for iPhones and iPads) and Google Play (for Android-powered devices). The additional materials that the reader can access through INQSnap are also all free of charge: short videos, photo galleries, music clips—as well as copies of original documents.