[Hidden-tech] Scanner & Searchable PDF file creation & storage solution - DevonThink Pro Office

[Charlie Heath]

Andrew -

I don't have comparative experience but I've been able to do fairly good 
OCR conversion of scanned documents in Adobe Acrobat (8). But the issue 
is, the quality of OCR for scans is quite variable, so the 
searchability, particularly for multi-word phrases, is likely to by 
variable.

I've mainly used OCR conversion for reducing hosted PDF file sizes and 
cleaning up the appearance of scans, and in limited volume.

If you'll be doing significant volume of document conversion, it is 
probably worth your while to learn what options there are and to weigh 
cost against work, hassle, and quality of results at your office.  I'd 
be interested in hearing what you end up doing and how it works in the 
office.

Charlie Heath
Town Websites <http://www.town-websites.com>



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> Dear HT,
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> Here's the next piece in my IT puzzle, scanning, storing/filing & 
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> In an effort to have a low paper office (not quite paperless), I need 
> to scan stuff, save it, and then be able to retrieve it.  Searching 
> within embedded PDF text is a bonus.  I've found a program that 
> purports to do just this, DevonThink Pro Office (about $115 w/discount.)
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> Devon says it works well with a Fujitsu Scansnap s510m (for Mac.) 
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> If anyone has experience with this software or similar, I'd appreciate 
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