eddy
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Post by eddy on Mar 31, 2011 9:39:20 GMT
Does anyone have personal experience and recommendations for a simple, inexpensive sheet feed document scanner with ability to link directly to Evernote?
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Post by Forum Cat on Mar 31, 2011 10:02:56 GMT
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Post by beerbum on Mar 31, 2011 21:14:59 GMT
I concur on the ScanSnap front - superb products (well, my S510M is bloody wonderful!)
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Post by eddy on Mar 31, 2011 23:12:37 GMT
Anyone using the Fujitsu Scansnap S1300?
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Post by Forum Cat on Mar 31, 2011 23:19:27 GMT
Mine is the ultra small S300M
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Post by eddy on Apr 1, 2011 15:23:29 GMT
I think the S1300 may be an updated version of the S300M. I like the sound of this one, the reviews are all very good but have now found the new S1100 (about £50 cheaper), this is very small and highly portable and is powered though a single USB lead. This is also well reviewed. Extreme portability is not an issue for me, I probably won't be taking it anywhere. The S1300 is not exactly huge and does have duplex scan and one doesn't have to feed documents one at a time, so with my birthday coming up next month I think I may treat myself to the S1300! My main reason for planning the change is to facilitate scanning to Evernote. I find this such a useful service but scanning with my HP All-in-one printer/scanner is so slow that it is just frustrating. I am now a great fan of Evernote, using it on an almost daily basis, and I found it thanks to this Forum!
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Post by Forum Cat on Apr 1, 2011 16:42:02 GMT
I think you are right, it looks very much like the newer version of my S300M I think you will be amazed at how well it works. I archive everything through it. The one exception is photographs, it won't do those. Or indeed anything with a staple in it. A bundle of old electricity bills though, scanned in seconds.
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Post by Alan on Apr 1, 2011 21:22:33 GMT
My main reason for planning the change is to facilitate scanning to Evernote. I find this such a useful service but scanning with my HP All-in-one printer/scanner is so slow that it is just frustrating. I am now a great fan of Evernote, using it on an almost daily basis, and I found it thanks to this Forum! What's your Use Case & Workflow for Evernote? I hear people raving about it and I have downloaded the App(s) but I don't seem to use it.
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eddy
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Post by eddy on Apr 2, 2011 0:04:04 GMT
I mostly use Evernote to save web pages for future reference, plus any online receipts, eg from Amazon, Ocado, PayPal etc. I also frequently save notes and other odd information including photos that I am collecting for research. The great value I find is the superbly easy and effective search facility. Finally the fact that all this stuff is instantly synchronized with my iPad is indispensable. No, I'm not on commission, but it really is good! I have rarely gone over about 75% of my free monthly allowance, and by the way it is very easy to check the usage amount.
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Post by beerbum on Apr 2, 2011 12:26:55 GMT
I mostly use Evernote to save web pages for future reference, plus any online receipts, eg from Amazon, Ocado, PayPal etc. I also frequently save notes and other odd information including photos that I am collecting for research. The great value I find is the superbly easy and effective search facility. Finally the fact that all this stuff is instantly synchronized with my iPad is indispensable. No, I'm not on commission, but it really is good! I have rarely gone over about 75% of my free monthly allowance, and by the way it is very easy to check the usage amount. My use case is pretty much the same. The text recognition at the server end is excellent making the search facility even better. Having my notes sync'd across desktop, MacBook, iPhone and iPad is really handy, e.g. hotel booking reference clipped from Safari then accessed on iPhone
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Post by eddy on May 8, 2011 15:41:52 GMT
I have now had my Scansnap 1100 for about a week and it has far exceeded expectations. It is small, dead easy to use and is very fast. There is no external power supply needed it just plugs in to a USB socket, and that's it. Documents can be scanned directly to Evernote or iPhoto or printer etc. I have found it so useful for very rapidly scanning old family photos for easy addition to family archive material. A friend just walked in with a newspaper cutting about a book she thought would interest me, instead of wondering where to store it I just scanned it to Evernote, this took less time than I have taken writing this.
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Post by Forum Cat on May 9, 2011 8:54:56 GMT
I am interested that you are using it on photographs. I thought photos (and staples) were no no's on document scanners.
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Post by eddy on May 9, 2011 11:58:42 GMT
I wondered about that too, but photos go through a treat with no visible damage of any kind and the quality of reproduction is faultless. I also was surprised yesterday to find that I was able to scan a folded (ie double thickness) birthday card with no trouble at all. I do not think putting a stapled item through would be a a good idea though! I am using the image from a scanned postcard as my wall paper on the iMac, hence pretty much enlarged, and it looks superb.
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Post by Forum Cat on May 9, 2011 16:16:52 GMT
Cool. My S300M is not happy with photos. It looks like the newer machines are even better than the old ones.
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