I want to a document scanner for the Mac. Mozilla firefox for mac os x. The Fujitsu ScanSnap has the best ratings I've seen, thus far, tho I don't think it comes with any document management software.
Anyone have experience with this unit? Finally, what does everyone recommend of the best document management software for the Mac?
I would use it for most of the usual stuff: receipts, bills, documents, etc. But I want them really well organized, like a virtual filing cabinet. I also want OCR capability and the ability to export to other document formats; for example, a large typed manuscript that I'd scan in and want searchable and exported into ODT or some other word processing format. Thanks in advance. I want to a document scanner for the Mac. The Fujitsu ScanSnap has the best ratings I've seen, thus far, tho I don't think it comes with any document management software.
Anyone have experience with this unit? Finally, what does everyone recommend of the best document management software for the Mac? I would use it for most of the usual stuff: receipts, bills, documents, etc. But I want them really well organized, like a virtual filing cabinet. I also want OCR capability and the ability to export to other document formats; for example, a large typed manuscript that I'd scan in and want searchable and exported into ODT or some other word processing format. Thanks in advance. I've been using a Brother scanner I bought from Costco that I think is the same one they sell now, the ADS-2000.
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My experience with the Fujitsu ScanSnap was hit and miss. I choose it for work a number of years back based on those high ratings you speak of, but personally I had one problem or another with it half the time.
I can't recall exactly what I didn't like, but when it came time to buy a scanner for home, I remember not wanting the Fujitsu ScanSnap. I have had no issues with the Brother scanner, however. Thanks, everyone, for your replies. I've never used doc management software before. I see now that the ScanSnap iX500 can scan-to-formats (PDF, Word, etc), which is handy.
My conundrum is going to be managing all the images into a virtual file cabinet, with searchable indices. I have Yojimbo, but I don't know it's suited for it. I'm TERRIBLE at using tags/labels My old fashioned mind thinks in terms of an actual file cabinet.
In any case, I have heard of a couple of these; I don't see anything in the open source world that is really suitable. I would scan a lot of crap into it -- from my bills, receipts, to random papers, my car warranty, other things I can shred. I'm a big fan of the Evernote + Snapscan combo.