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Originally Posted by jasonfedelem
Lady,
Don't you find that the time it takes to scan the magazine negates the benefit of having it on the reader?
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The time it takes me to scan a magazine is minimal; about a minute to cut off the spine, one or two minutes to scan it in a duplexing ADF scanner (Fujitsu ScanSnap s1500) and another 30 minutes to an hour to run it through OCR (the latter can run unattended while I do something else). I only run the magazines (not books) I scan through OCR because of the time required and because I want the magazines to be searchable (something I won't need for most books) so it isn't necessary for me to edit the results of OCR (the setting I use is for making searchable PDFs; I still view the original scan). The biggest savings for me comes from the space savings since I will not have to store the physical magazines anymore (for me, this one is HUGE since I plan to move into a travel trailer in a year or two). A secondary benefit is it is faster to search my "e-magazines" for articles on a certain subject than to dig through a huge collection of paper magazines, especially since not every little tip is listed in the TOC. "Bookmarks" are also easier to maintain and search.