Best document scanners according to redditors

We found 117 Reddit comments discussing the best document scanners. We ranked the 60 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Top Reddit comments about Document Scanners:

u/julieannie · 9 pointsr/blogsnark

Some ideas that have worked well for me/others:

Aging Parents - Kind of expensive (fluctuates a ton) but if you have a parent with a ton of photos who talks about scanning them all in someday, this scanner is fantastic. I have the older version and it's literally so easy to use that even my mom and dad could figure it out when I let them borrow it. Not a great bulk doc scanner but exactly what you need for photos. Pair with a case like this to store the originals in and you've done a great deed.

Newlyweds- If they don't have specific interests, a picnic blanket goes over well. I have the one linked and it's nice for the cheap price. Pair with some wine, maybe some other picnic accessories. I'm also giving a minted gift for a custom designed print for wedding photos to my brother/new sister-in-law.

Teens- Move beyond the selfie stick - some phone lenses go a long way, get a self timer for the phone, or a PowerCore. The powercore isn't sexy but super loved by all. I usually hit up BaubleBar or Sephora for deals too.

Handyman- I shoved this cheap light in my husband's stocking last year and he loves it. It's super handy.

Homebody- This is out of stock in the best size right now but it always comes back in. It is the softest blanket ever, doesn't shed, and we bought them for every room of the house.

Dog- What dog doesn't love bully sticks? A good deal, really good quality and my dogs have loved them.

On my wishlist- A milk frother, The Food Lab cookbook, a magnetic pincushion, maybe some Ugg slippers, a bunch of Etsy art and Essie gel couture nail polish. Debating a special purchase for myself with a bonus I received, I'm thinking a camera for a big trip coming up if I can find the right holiday deal.

u/sign_on_the_window · 7 pointsr/AdviceAnimals

STEP 1: Invest in one of these babies and one of these so you don't spend an arm and leg for printing.

STEP 2: Bulk buy 500 ct. paper at $3 a pop. Bulk buy really big cheap binders for $6. Let's say color is not important, you'll be printing at $0.03 for black and white. Each piece of paper will cost $0.003 (taking printing front and back into account). A big ass hole puncher will set you back $30. Your initial investment is around $500 for laser printer, scanner, and hole puncher. Cost per product ($500)/# of products + $9 x # of products + $0.033 x pages

STEP 3: Profit (?)

u/JCdentonManderley · 7 pointsr/dubai

Sigh....what will you guys do without me? What you need is this: Fujitsu Scansnap ix500. https://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-PA03656-B005-Image-Scanner-ScanSnap/dp/B00ATZ9QMO
After buying this product.....many women have asked to marry me and have babies. I promise if you're a girl...you'll do the same.

u/ThePunchList · 6 pointsr/learnart

This is the workhorse I've been using for a few years and it's been great. It's loud and kinda slow but cheap and reliable. I've had no issues with it on Win 7 or OSX using any adobe product. It's only big enough for a normal sized piece of paper so if you're trying to do large drawing you'll need an A3 scanner at minimum.

u/feistypenguin · 6 pointsr/preppers

In a developed country, I would be more worried about preserving proof of identity or ownership, rather than purging information about myself. Imagine if a bank, or even the Federal Government lost your retirement account info, and the burden was on you to prove what your account balance was. Say a loved one is hospitalized during a natural disaster- can you prove to the hospital that you are related?

The strategy that I would take would be:

  • Scan and shred. Scan all important documents (identity, tax returns, receipts for valuables, etc) using a flatbed scanner or a bulk scanner. After scanning something, I usually shred it- no sense keeping all of that paper around. I will keep paper copies of some things for easy reference, but never more than can fit in one portable file box.
  • Use encryption. Save all scanned documents in an encrypted container. You can create containers that require a composite key, i.e. a combination of a password and a key file (which you can store separately). Only mount the container when you need to save / retrieve items. They make similar container systems for password storage as well.
  • Back up your container file and keyfile however you like- whether locally via USB sticks, on cloud storage, etc. At least one copy should be outside of your house, even if that just means your car. (i.e. house fire).
  • Keep a USB stick with container files in your bugout bag. Update it once or twice per year.
  • Keep all critical paper stuff (passports, birth certificates, etc) either with your bugout gear, or in a portable file box that you can cart out easily.
u/bent42 · 6 pointsr/politics

I'm curious for a source too, but it's not at all far fetched. Scanners are tiny nowadays and could easily be put into the feed chute of a shredder. The guts of this would do nicely. Data over power lines certainly isn't a new technology. Hell. You could use a wifi scanner and not even screw with that.

I could cobble this together in my garage over a weekend probably.

Edit to fix link.

u/fearnotthewrath · 6 pointsr/Genealogy

First be polite and be prepared for more brickwalls, before you got into genealogy, how would you react if some stranger walked up to you and started asking you questions about their family/history/past... it can get creepy really fast.

I always start with in personal visits first. Be polite, and introduce yourself and how you are related. Be sure to list DIRECT relationships... they may not know who their GREAT Aunt is, so you may have to explain how you are related.

When asking for information, start with dead people... or people you don't have much information on. Once they warm up to you, you can start asking for information about the living. I have found that by providing them with something they may know about someone is a good way to break the ice. You have to build a relationship (if you don't already have one) with these people and sometimes that is a bit of a challenge.

If you have any documentation from people they would know, Pictures and records, bring those along. I don't know how many times I have brought pictures of family with me, and they are usually pictures that they have not seen. Once the pictures are out, most of the time it turns into a "you showed me yours, let me show you mine".

If you don't have a portable scanner, get one (This is the one I use). Get scans of whatever they will let you scan, even if they ahve old books, flip though them and if you find anything that is hand written scan that, you never know where a small piece of information will lead you. Don't ask for the original. Sometimes they will be interested in providing you the original, but 8 times out of 10, they won't.

Don't forget about them. After you get the information, ask for an email address, and send updates, don't just use them for information and never talk to them again, most of the time people will appreciate being included in your research.

I have a listserv I use to subscribe people that want to keep up with updates that we have made.

And that is about it, just remember it can get awkward quickly, so having some ammo of familiar information will warm them up nicely...

u/Frenchy_Bread · 5 pointsr/slpGradSchool

Oh God, yes, one of those clipboards with internal storage is a must. I have a plastic one, made by Dexas (like $6 at Wal-Mart) and a heavy duty aluminum one.

The pens that have 4 colors in one can be a lifesaver.

Get tons of index cards for making flashcards.

Get a bunch of those little post it flags to mark important passages in texts.

No-bleed, possibly erasable highlighters.

I also got a mini portable scanner. It was a lifesaver in the library.

You mentioned a new backpack. Depending on how your days work out, you might want to consider something with wheels. I'd avoid the rolling crates like this. They always fell apart on me.

I wound up amassing SO MUCH loose paper, I needed tons of binder clips and paper clips to keep it organized.

A mini stapler can be a godsend when your prof hands out 10 page unstapled packets.

u/[deleted] · 5 pointsr/gaming

I found a shortcut to this either on tv or reddit comment I don't really remember. This will ruin the book so sell the digital copy accordingly. You also need a scanner that works on a feed system aka ADF like a fax machine (rather than a slow flatbed ) but beware of low end ones which are more trouble than they are worth. This does 40PPM which means 1000 page book in under 30 minutes. Put the book on a table clamp and use an angle grinder to grind off the binding don't forget to get goggles to keep paper out of your eyes. Take the covers off and feed the pages. Looking at the price of the materials startup at 500 is costly which could be cut down by buying a cheaper scanner to 300 or finding someone who already owns one which would cut the cost down to <50$. Of course if you already have all the materials what the hell are you waiting for. If not you could or could not use the amazon links provided to do this.

u/beley · 4 pointsr/smallbusiness

A few years ago we went completely paperless. We had two huge 4-drawer filing cabinets of crap from years of running two businesses and managing our personal finances. It was unwieldy and we always ended up with huge piles of paper waiting to be filed, and I'd end up spending hours getting stuff together for tax time.

Here's what I did:

  • Decided what actually needed to be saved and what could be discarded. A lot of what we were saving was old (some 10+ years old) and could just be thrown away. Bills that were from years ago were thrown away. Receipts going back 7 years were saved, along with any tax documentation, insurance info, etc.

  • We purchased multiple scanners so that every employee that receives a lot of paper has access to a scanner and a shredder. I have a Brother ADS-2800W in my office (I do most of the financials and so have the most to scan). I also have a Brother ADS2500WE and two Brother ADS-1500Ws. When a piece of paper comes in to my home or office, it's scanned and then shredded (if needed) or recycled.

  • I have presets for scanning one-sided, two-sided and continuous for long receipts. These go into a "To File" folder that's shared with my VA. My VA goes through and names all the scans based on content i.e. "2017-01-21 Staples Receipt.pdf" and files them in the appropriate folder in either my personal Google Drive or my business' Gsuite.

  • I use a scanning app on my phone for paper receipts when I'm out of the office. I save these JPGs directly to the receipts folder on my business Gsuite Google Drive.

    My folder structure in Gsuite is:

    > Financial
    >> Receipts (just scans of receipts for archival purposes)
    >>> 2016
    >
    >>> 2017
    >
    >>> 2018 etc
    >
    >> Tax Documents (1099s, W2s, property tax, mortgage interest, etc.)
    >>> 2016
    >
    >>> 2017
    >
    >>> 2018

    So far this has worked extremely well. My accounting firm has access to the Tax Documents folder, and my Xero accounting software. They just wait for my email that everything is there and ready, and they prepare my taxes with all of the information provided.

    This is the 2nd tax season we've been on this system and it's working extremely well. I used to file an extension and just dreaded going through getting everything ready for tax time, now I'm just about ready to file and it's not even February. We will be filed by Feb 15 this year at the latest.
u/markwms · 4 pointsr/declutter

Go with Fujitsu.

If you want top of the line, get the FI-7260.

If the flatbed really isn't needed, step down to the Scansnap ix500

The Fujitsu's are hands down the fastest and most reliable scanners I've encountered if you plan to scan any sort of moderate volume.

EDIT: Spelling

u/bboy1977 · 3 pointsr/Flipping

Neat Scanner devices did something similar last year. Look at the reviews from about mid 2016 - the ratings tank.
https://www.amazon.com/Neat-Company-NeatDesk-Desktop-2005410/product-reviews/B01A0FQ8Q4

However, people still buy them for whatever reason. I've sold three since then with no issues. At half price what I used to get, but sold nonetheless.

u/CwissyBwear · 3 pointsr/minimalism

I bought a flatbed scanner from Amazon a few months ago for ~$60 and used it to clear out an entire 4-drawer filing cabinet. I minimized everything to fit in the built-in file drawer of my desk and it was a WONDERFUL feeling when it was all finished! It was definitely a labor of love but I listened to a bunch of podcasts and broke the scanning sessions into segments so I didn't get too overwhelmed. This scanner only fits up to letter-sized documents so that was a bit of a challenge, but larger scanners are so much more expensive.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LN0NUOO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/doppelgangsta · 3 pointsr/malelivingspace

I bought a Fujitsu ScanSnap to help me go paperless. It's expensive ($400), but the thing is a beast. It's really fast and it can OCR your documents immediately while it scans the documents. So you can turn all your papers into searching electronic PDF's very easily. Buy a shredder, and all those papers sitting around will be gone.

u/ARimmapirate · 3 pointsr/raleigh

I can't speak for a service, but I scanned my old photos with a Doxie Go scanner. I felt more comfortable scanning them myself vs. a service.

u/virtualroofie · 3 pointsr/sysadmin

We use these, and they are fucking awesome. Our DMS system is PaperSave, which is not fucking awesome. My client PCs are all Windows 7 Pro x64.

u/Jhambone9190 · 3 pointsr/MechanicalKeyboards

Link to case: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RTRL51J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hard cases for portable scanners and printers seem to fit 65% keyboards pretty well. To find the best match it takes a little time going through the Amazon search results finding one that matches your 60/65% keyboard. They are cheap too.

Edit: I realize KBD fans has a case, but it did not fit my keyboard and was $35 without shipping, plus the KBDFans case is sold out now.

u/henryandzoey · 3 pointsr/personalfinance

I think they are talking about this.

u/MasterYogurt · 2 pointsr/DnDBehindTheScreen

An auto-feed scanner is stupidly efficient. Heck you could buy it from Amazon, finish your scanning and return it...

The one in my office can do 80 pages per minute.

Flatbeds might be 2 pages per minute. Hippo would be scanning for years.

u/Nerd_By_Design · 2 pointsr/DnDBehindTheScreen

Just an FYI I have this scanner and it works great. You have so much awesome history to preserve.

u/mikenew02 · 2 pointsr/Genealogy

I use this one, it's great. It runs fully on USB so no external power is needed.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LN0NUOO

u/GogglesPisano · 2 pointsr/Genealogy

I've made do with cell phone photos, which (as you noted) are not ideal, but very portable.

There are small portable "bar" scanners where you feed documents through them. For old, possibly delicate photos this is not great - the rollers can damage the original photo. You really want a flatbed scanner.

In the end, your best bet is probably just to get a compact flatbed scanner - there are a number of models (like this Canon scanner ) that are about the size of a laptop. You can carry it in a regular laptop bag.


u/cerrvine · 2 pointsr/Etsy

Oh wow, it would be much cheaper just to buy a small scanner. This scanner: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LN0NUGC/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 is quite cheap compared to more high end ones but I personally can't tell the difference between the scan and looking at my art in person. Neither could an art professor who specializes in prints. In some cases contrast/brightness may need to be adjusted, but the same is true of photos. Here's a scanned small acrylic painting I did about the size of yours: https://imgur.com/a/9nwALU3 Of course the image on the screen is much larger than the actual painting so shrinking something like that is better.

u/reddilada · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

It's pricey but I picked up a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500. Best thing ever. Everything gets scanned and backed up to cloud storage. Original thrown away unless it is some sort of special document like a car title which goes in a filing cabinet.

My desk went from a sea of paper to empty. Highly recommend.

u/ZombieButch · 2 pointsr/learnart

This is a pretty solid tutorial on how to photograph art.

Also, it might be too much for a student budget, but I picked up a large format Mustek scanner a couple of years back, one of these, and it's done well by me.

u/FeatherLeaves · 2 pointsr/drawing

A lot of my drawings are 18 or 19x24 inches and I don't have a scanner for those. Though I know there are companies out there that can scan large artwork (much larger than mine) for a fee and you may need to ship it.

That being said, [this] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008Y8E1XC/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1) is the scanner I use now. It fits 11x17 in drawings (which is the size I would like to work in from now on.) I've found that it does scan a little light, but can easily be corrected with any basic photo editing software, just adjust brightness/contrass/etc.. This particular scanner is out of sale (on amazon, anyway) but if you do plan on finding/ordering an A3 scanner, make sure that the scanner BED, the place where you will put your drawing/work, is actually A3. A lot of printers/scanner combos advertise A3, but it turns out the scanner is standard 8.5x11in and it prints in A3. It took me a long time to find the scanner I did, unfortunately.

If you aren't able to find a scanner to suit your needs (though if you are working small enough, you should be able to find one in a decent price range and even portable!(ish)) then you should look into researching how to photograph artwork. There's a special skill to it that involves lighting and tools and cameras... Nothing I'm very familiar with. I just mess around with my phone or other camera until I'm frustrated and give up. I do that for a few days before I settle on a mediocre photo.

I don't think I would recommend scanning oil paintings, though you may be able to safely if you do some research! Good luck and I hope this helps.

u/sporobolus · 2 pointsr/BuyItForLife

my ScanSnap S1500M has held up well for over five years of moderate use, but i seriously doubt it is BIFL; the paper handling is very reliable and much more convenient than using a flatbed scanner; on Mac it used to come with a license for Acrobat Pro, which does a better job of OCR than the ScanSnap software; the newer model iX500 is the same basic design, which takes up a space the size of a sheet of paper on your desk; i have not used Fuji's smaller document scanners, but they get good reviews

u/Simi510 · 2 pointsr/Trucking

Use this scanner its worth the money

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AYUI490/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

save the pdfs to a dropbox folder

u/ABC_AlwaysBeCoding · 2 pointsr/RetroFuturism

I will hopefully be using this one for a long time. Bought one for my parents, too; they're happy with it.

When I first got it, it printed so quickly that I thought it was just doing a self-test LOL

All-in-ones were universally terrible. I gave mine away and "upgraded" to that printer above and a Fujitsu ScanSnap (well worth the cost). Fantastic combo.

u/Wishyouamerry · 2 pointsr/gifs
u/1000100001 · 2 pointsr/Dyslexia

You have text to speech on many e readers. However, if want to read a paper book, there are scanner pens

If you were a child I would recommend the c-scanner pen.

u/Linclin · 2 pointsr/gadgets

A computer with a printer. Some people buy a course book with friends and scan it with a hand scanner to save on money. Books can be about $400-600 per semester. Or they just download the book from about a billion sources. A hand scanner might be useful for scanning books that are on reserve for courses in your library.

hand scanner example
http://www.amazon.com/VuPoint-Solutions-Magic-Portable-Scanner/dp/B004EFXW6Q/ref=pd_sim_sbs_e_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1A8KYCFVK0FD012GC2JQ

u/IndustriousMadman · 2 pointsr/EngineeringStudents

Ah, I see. Well good on you for thinking of your residents then.

Another post reminded me: my department had a pretty nice scanner, the ScanSnap S1500. Another department in the building had their students scan homework. They also had a scanner, but their students always came to our lab to scan homework because our scanner was far, far superior in usability and scan quality. I realize it's pretty expensive for what it sounds like your budget is, but definitely go for that over anything that isn't of academic value - buy whiteboards first, then the scanner, then a dvd of Real Genius (trust me on this one), and then whatever else you have in mind.

u/whatswrongwithgoats · 2 pointsr/networking

Depending on confidentiality concerns, you could outsource the scanning or grab something like this Fujitsu Scan feeder or similar.

Cloud storage is iffy when the service gets cancelled, there might not be the option to retrieve your files. A good mantra is "If your data is not in 3 separate places, it's nowhere."

  1. Local
  2. Cloud
  3. Offsite

    Perhaps something like Bittorrent Sync to simplify the local + offsite.
u/DrLionelRaymond · 2 pointsr/medicalschool

Have you considered getting a document scanner? A good one can run you a few hundred dollars, but one of my good friends uses one for all of his notes. At the end of every day he takes his stack of notes, drops them into a Fujitsu SnapSanner, and with a few custom Apple Scripts everything gets sorted and uploaded to Dropbox and/or Evernote. Since all of the notes are OCR'ed, indexed, and optimized on the fly, the file sizes are manageable, the scans are very clear, and the notes are searchable. I've been eying this model and will likely pick one up for use this year.

I tried to go the MS Surface Pro route with both the SP1 and SP2 but always ended up giving up due to limitations of the Surface (poor battery life, screen size sucked, the height of the surface itself strained my hand/wrist/arm after a while, and I'm not a huge fan of Windows 8). Looks like the SP3 resolved almost all of the things I didn't like about using the SP1/SP2 (still runs Windows 8 but hey, nothing is perfect).

u/WallToPa · 2 pointsr/books

I've never used a scanner - does it needs to be a particularly expensive one to scan it in and be able to read the text? For example, would this cheap Canon one do the job?

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Office-Products-LiDE120-Scanner/dp/B00LN0NUOO/ref=sr_1_2?s=office-electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1416776382&sr=1-2&keywords=CanoScan

Cheers!

Edit: Sorry, and assuming I do each page slowly over a few weeks (got a job so can't do it all in one), it's then an easy process to combine all the pages into one Word document or PDF?

u/TarmacFFS · 1 pointr/Gunpla

That's a lot of manuals...

If I were buying an inexpensive flatbed, it would be this one:

Canon Office Products LiDE120 Color Image Scanner https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LN0NUOO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_XH.bzbJW6D47A

u/Tuesday_D · 1 pointr/Polaroid

NOT these type: http://amzn.com/B00EKW8UEM

They are straight shit for photos and can't handle anything glossy. It's doing good for my documents - so many places still want things faxed - but even that took some calibration.

u/rascalmom · 1 pointr/konmari

That is a newer version of the one I have. Depends on how much you're scanning... If not a ton, this one is great too, and super small. Not as fast, and you can't "stack" asuch stuff, but insanely compact.

Fujitsu ScanSnap iX100 Wireless Mobile Scanner for Mac and PC https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NWGGUAS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Tk0pDb7X039V3

u/exploring_guy · 1 pointr/BettermentBookClub

As you note, I typically use Kindle and save my highlights. Back in the days when I would read physical books, I always wondered about something like this product, but I never tried it: https://www.amazon.com/Scanmarker-Air-Digital-Highlighter-Translator/dp/B01N07J2AE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487543445&sr=8-1&keywords=digital+highlighter

u/lamOtter · 1 pointr/VideoEditing

You can use a simple scanner like this or any other one you may have lying around.

I've never really used movie maker but it should be able to do the job perfectly. Just look up videos explaining pan/zoom.

u/Specken_zee_Doitch · 1 pointr/declutter

You can also scan and OCR these papers, making them easily searchable and infinitely more available. I got a ScanSnap and never looked back in my work.

u/LouisSeize · 1 pointr/AskNYC

Ask FedEx Office or Staples if they would give you a discount for say, 300 pages. If not, try something like this which will cost you a lot less but take you much more time: Brother Printer RDS620 Document Scanner

u/erikoehler · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

If you're still on the hunt, the Alaris E-series offers better accuracy than the competitors in this class for problem #1. For problem #2, it performs deskewing to correct for shaking/misfeeds. It is over your $120 budget, but I think most of them are. And it's fairly compact. Same footprint as the others mentioned here. (source: I work there)

u/mttl · 1 pointr/Flipping

I recently sold a NeatDesk ND-1000 with the box for $150. I'd ask around $100 with no box.

According to the Amazon reviews, it's an absolute pile of shit and it forces you to buy a monthly subscription, but there's still heavy demand for this thing. Just don't be surprised if you get returns from upset buyers that don't want to pay monthly.

u/jetah · 1 pointr/smallbusiness

I was thinking more of a scrolling scanner not a flatbed. Looks like they’re called portable scanners.

https://www.amazon.com/Brother-Scanner-DS-720D-Scanning-Lightweight/dp/B00EKW8UEM

Here’s the Epson models

u/lofro023 · 1 pointr/Evernote

No, it doesn't have a feeder, but the Evernote process isn't too bad. This is the particular Doxie that I bought. The process of importing to Evernote isn't too bad, although you can't go directly to it, per say. Basically, you scan as many documents as you want, then plug the Doxie into your laptop. From there, you open up Doxie's software to group the individual notes into multi-page documents, as well as adjust the page borders to crop out extra space that their automatic process missed, fix white balance, whatever. From there, you can select individual PDFs or all of them and it's just one click to add them to the default notebook in Evernote. It sounds like a long process, but it really isn't. I was able to power through an entire semester worth of papers, handouts, tests, essays, etc. and get them all imported into the proper notebook with names, dates, tags and everything in one evening.

Thanks for passing on that review, I'll be sure to check it out! If I decide to go for either bag, I'll write about my thoughts and post them here.

u/GreatCatch · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Yay that your boss went for an Amazon GC :) It's great of you to share!

I really, really want a second gen Nest Protect smoke alarm. Kind of pricey but you get what you pay for in a good way! It's the best selling smoke alarm on Amazon. The company makes really good advanced products. They have dual sensors and a carbon monoxide alarm. No other alarm has that. They interconnect with each other wirelessly, and talk to give you information. They alert your phone and have different color alerts, and more. (Actually, I really want 3 of these, but 1 would be a good start. What we have are so old and crappy that I don't trust them at all. They are the $10 kind, and I should have replaced them at least 3 years ago.) I think this is what people need to be safe.

I also want this professional stainless steel mandoline badly, either one of the versions available, because it's built tougher than the others that have plastic parts. The reviews are so good, and I think it would outlast two of the others, and be easier to use, so it would be very worth it. A lot of the others don't cut as evenly or are difficult to hold and move the fruit or vegetable. I want this for making healthy homemade snacks.

I really need the Levo Deluxe holder for tablets so I can see and use my ereader and old tablet while I'm flat on my back. I'm planning ahead and trying to get the items that will help during recovery from surgery and I won't be able to prop up my head or use the laptop or TV. It's a bit expensive, but this is the second generation one that works better. This holder seems better than all the other ones I've seen because this can suspend the tablet facing down from above. This can also be great for mounting the tablet when you're sitting on the couch or bed, or at a desk, like pictured, so I would use it regularly. (The non-deluxe version is $54.99 on Amazon. They also have a version that stands on the floor instead of clamping on a table.)

I also would be so happy to have the pink vibrator from my NSFW list. I am not linking to it because of it being NSFW. It came out last year and won an award for the unique motion it has. It has some great reviews, and I would love to try it. I think most women should try toys like this one, even if you're currently happy, maybe this would be better!

Another thing that would be extremely cool and useful to have is a portable scanner that is really light and small. Any that's good, but I have put this color mobile document scanner on my wishlist. It has better reviews than the Epson and it's currently cheaper because a seller has refurbished ones available. It's quick and has such good reviews. This will help prevent things from getting lost and cluttered when we are out of town or just out in the car. I think these are going to sell out before you get a chance to decide because Amazon is ranking it number one for mobile scanners. A few minutes ago, the seller had 3 left, and now they have 2 left. But it says "more on the way" so hopefully these can be backordered or gotten later.

u/NovaSr · 1 pointr/Archaeology

There are a few new organizations building applications and infrastructure for digitizing archaeological data. As HappyArchFunTime said, check out the forthcoming Codifi app from the Center for Digital Archaeology (http://codifi.org/) and the FAIMS app/db system (https://www.fedarch.org/).

In the short term though, I'd suggest scanning the field notes so you at least have images of them, and linking the images to the database records. I use a ScanSnap S1500 scanner (http://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-ScanSnap-Instant-Sheet-Fed-Scanner/dp/B001V9LQH0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1409886865&sr=8-3&keywords=scansnap+s+1500) to quickly scan separated pages, but you can also cheaply build a book scanner with a cardboard box and a digital camera to scan bound notes (http://www.diybookscanner.org/). While you can use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to extract text from the notes, I've found it doesn't work very well with handwriting - transcription of fieldnotes is better left to humans at this point.

Going forward, you might suggest that the excavators start recording digital while still in the field to avoid the data entry time. The fastest way to "go digital" at this point is to import use Filemaker Pro ($300) and run a mobile version of the database on iPads. John Walldrodt has some great demonstrations from the multiuser database he built for recording in Pompeii (http://paperlessarchaeology.com/the-database/). FileMaker can handle most data, so you should be able to import your current database into it. This is a significant task though, so I'd recommend waiting until the field season is over and then testing the mobile database before next year.

If you just want to try digital recording immediately, and only need to support a few users, try the MementoDB app (android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luckydroid.droidbase&hl=en) or TapForms (iOS https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tap-forms-organizer-secure/id291405311?mt=8) as they are very simple to get up and running, but more limited in what they can do vs FileMaker.

Once you have digital datasets, consider talking to the Digital Archaeological Record (http://core.tdar.org/) which is focused on archiving data for future access and OpenContext - which is built to publish data sets (http://opencontext.org/about/) to see about preserving and sharing data with other professional archaeologists.

[Edit - model # and link for scanner]

u/3Vyf7nm4 · 1 pointr/dndnext

http://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-fi-6130Z-Sheet-Fed-Document-PA03630-B055/dp/B006MI6M7E/

Comes with a complementary copy of Acrobat and misc. OCR utilities.

u/djdementia · 1 pointr/minimalism
u/bigsexy2 · 1 pointr/CasualConversation

I'm getting my dad one of these, to backup all of his paper files because he runs his own business...

u/HellAintHalfFull · 1 pointr/personalfinance

My in-laws gave me a Fujitsu ScanSnap 1100i for Christmas a couple of years ago. I was skeptical, but I really like it. Easy enough to use that I actually do use it, and included OCR. The software isn't perfect, but it's good enough. I recommend it. I don't think they make it any more, but they make something similar (and a lot of more expensive ones that deal better with high volume if you need that).

EDIT: I think this is the current version. Mine isn't wireless.

u/KhaosSec · 1 pointr/smallbusiness

Does your business require you to have or use physical copies, could you not head off the issue by moving it all to digital solutions upfront?

There are some scanners that do OCR automatically, I recall an infomercial specifically solving this problem recently but my Google-fu is failing me...this is a Epson version: https://www.amazon.com/Epson-Workforce-ES-50-Portable-Sheet-fed/dp/B07KQZWPYN

I'd still think you'd be better off porting to a CRM system that has the features you need possibly

Also, I'd avoid OneNote and Evernote, these things bog down hardcore once your passed a certain size

u/Shenaniganz08 · -1 pointsr/Android

Its not an obsession, its from doing thorough research. This past July I was in need of a new laptop for work, I tested out the 2015 13" rMBP for 14 days and ended up returning it and then getting an XPS 13 9350. Right now the XPS 13 is the laptop to beat. At $800-900 its an exception value. A comparable Macbook Pro would be $1300, well over $500 for similar specs.

I do the same thing with every electronic purchase. I just spent the last week researching duplex document scanners. I finally ended up with the Fujitsu X500i. Yes its more expensive than what I wanted to spend but its the best value when it comes to performance per dollar.

I'm not pro Apple, I'm not pro Android. I'm anti Fanboy and pro technology.