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3 Scan To Google Docs With ScanDrop

Update April 5, 2011: ScanDrop has made some changes, including a Mac version. Read about the ScanDrop cloud scanning updates here. The folks at OfficeDrop (formerly Pixily) are usually known for their scanning and online document management service, but they’ve just released a cool new application called ScanDrop which allows you to use almost any […]

7 Reader Question: What software do you use for Business Cards?

Photo by jaaron In my line of work (that is to say, hanging out in my basement) I don’t get a lot of business cards. Since I’ve had a few questions recently about which software to use for business cards, I thought I’d throw it out to you guys to see if you have any […]

1 Creditbloggers Compares Shoeboxed With The ScanSnap

Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE and Boing Boing fame has a good post over on the Creditbloggers blog comparing his experience using both the ScanSnap S1500 and Shoeboxed to store his paper records digitally. Which is better? As usual it depends on you and your personality type and the time you have available, but I’ll […]

3 If You Want To Get Doxie, Now’s Your Chance

It seems pretty incredible to me that I haven’t written about Doxie yet, but here we are. It’s shipping worldwide as of today. Doxie is, in their words, “the new, modern paper scanner that’s so simple, it’ll revolutionize the way you think about sharing and storing docs and photos forever”. That’s a pretty bold claim! […]

9 Does The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300 OCR Use A Lot Of CPU?

In the comments to my ScanSnap S1300 review post, user pendolino asked about the Fujitsu ScanSnap 1300‘s performance, not so much the scanner itself, but the software and OCR process afterwards. i would like to know a bit more about the very interesting sounding OCR feature that you say is bundled within the software (both […]

12 Your Votes: Best Online Document Storage Solution?

I recently had a DocumentSnap reader send this question in, but since I am travelling at the moment I thought I’d open it up for the rest of you to chime in. Here is the question: I’m trying to find a solution for a paperless office….for customer contracts and other documents… We need to scan […]

0 Interesting ScanSnap Size Comparison By Dave Winer

Dave Winer, legendary blog and RSS pioneer, recently blogged about picking up a Fujitsu ScanSnap. He wanted to show a picture of it, so he did a comparison that I wouldn’t have thought of: Photo by scriptingnews It looks like he picked up the ScanSnap S300M, but its the same size as the new ScanSnap […]

2 PDF Files Can Be Dangerous

A large percentage of posts here on DocumentSnap are relating to creating or processing PDF files in some way. However, there’s a dark side to PDFs – or more specifically, using outdated PDF reading software on your computer. The Lawyerist blog has a writeup on the topic, and points to a scary ZDNet article that […]

2 New ScanSnap S1300 Video From Fujitsu

If you want to see another video of the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300 in action with runthrough of the features and benefits, the company has just released a new video (funky music is a bonus). It’s 3 minutes long. If you’re looking for it, here’s the link to my ScanSnap S1300 review. It also mentions the […]