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Old 10-03-2004, 11:52 PM   #6
Bob Russell
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Thks. Didn't know they made these. I may have to look for a Tablet PC when it is time to replace my desktop PC.
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Here's my current plan (subject to modification) for my migration from paper to digital:

1. Use my PDA more and get my wife a PDA to share to-do lists, appointments, shopping/grocery lists (Handyshopper rules!), etc.
2. A good handheld capturing device like the CapShare, Mobile Note Taker, Seiko SmartPad2, Crosspad, etc.
3. Lots of hard drive space and a DVD-R/RW.
4. A good flatbed scanner with OCR software. When documents are captured (see #5) and text converted using OCR, they will be indexed using a program like Copernic Desktop Search for universal searching.
5. Plenty of time to convert/archive all existing paper documents into digital format (this will be the worst part ).
6. Like you said, a Tablet PC would be an option if you want to cut down on steps 2, 4&5.
When paperless becomes more generally accepted in the corporate world, I suspect we will see really nice scanning options. For example, why shouldn't the copy machines be networked and allow production of scans instead of paper? You would think this would be a preferred option as it would save a lot of toner and paper cost. (Assuming congress doesn't mess it all up by strengthening copyright laws, of course.)

I was wondering if good handheld scanners are likely to keep coming in the form of future products. Results are promising... Here is a sample of some other handheld scanners based on a quick Google, even though some may need to be tethered to the PC...
* Antec Attache Hand-Held Scanner
* C Pen 10 Handheld Scanner (C-Technologies)
* IRISPen II Executive Hand-Held Scanner
* IRIS Pen Express Handheld Scanner
* WizCom QuickLink Pen Handheld Scanner
* PLANON SYSTEMS DPEN-BW DocuPen Handheld Pen Size Scanner
* TravelScan Pro & PaperPort
* Syscan (multiple products)

Our company has a department that does mass scanning of papers into electronic documents... hmm, wonder if they have machines that are idle. I might be able to convert a portion of my work files in a weekend as a test run if I had "pro" equipment. Would be a simple way to see if it's practical solution, and it would at least open some more storage space for me. But... competing against all the other things I wish I had time to do makes it unlikely I'll pursue it. For now I guess I'll just settle with masses of paper.
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