[Hidden-tech] Scanner/Printer with OCR

Jodi Schneider jschneider at pobox.com
Wed Apr 6 01:48:45 EDT 2016


I highly recommend the Fujitsu ScanSnap. I've used both their large &
"mobile" scanners. For most small (e.g. less than 15-page sheet fed), the
"mobile" S1300i will work just fine. They scan front+back simultaneously,
have push-button operation, and you can set up various workflows. They
integrate with OCR software and various "paperless office solutions".
Typical naming conventions are based on the date/time, but you can set up
your own conventions (I've never used the OCR content but you might search
on the ScanSnap; there is a large user base).

Current costs are closer to $250 than $200 -- but I think it'd be money
well-spent. (do look for open box deals)
http://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-ScanSnap-S1300i-Document-Scanner/dp/B008HBFADQ/

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 6:47 PM, Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com <
chris at chrishart.net> wrote:

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> I don't think any either Neat Scanner of Fujitsu ScanSnap -- among the
> most popular document scanners with OCR -- name the file based on the
> content.  Even though they do OCR, they don't interpret the content in
> order to come up with a file name.  They simply provide searchable output
> files.  And I'm not aware of any scanning solution that is any different in
> this regard.
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> On Apr 5, 2016, at 6:23 PM, Donald M Stevens <dstevens at tryandfindit.com>
> wrote:
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> What was that commercial on t.v. all the time a while ago?
> Forget the name, but this was one of those portable scanners that indexed
> your docs for you.... but I believe there was a manual process to enter the
> information
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> Thanks!
>
> Don Stevens
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> I use Epson GT-S50 (a bit old now) for bulk scanning of sheet feed
> documents, the software with it does a good job of OCR, so the PDF produced
> have text and the files are named in sequential order with a fair bit of
> control of root filename.
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> if you feed each separately you will get one PDF per document from one
> front panel (of
> scanner) button press
>
> How you pull the name is a function of the format of the text, I just
> finished scanning and loading into a database 450 biographic sheets and
> suplimental documents with image
>  (over 6 binders worth)
>
> I used pdftotext  to create formatted text from the pdf and the perl
> script to populate the database fields.
> pdftotext is open source with window, mac or linux versions)
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> You could use a similar scheme to rename the files per whatever you needed
>
> On 4/5/2016 10:48 AM, Peter Chilton wrote:
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> I need to be able to scan a 1-page black and white document for archiving
> data sheets and then be able to print them again when needed.
>
> Here’s the catch… It would be great if I can use OCR to name the file
> based on section of the document.
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> I can set it up technically but once it’s running it should be 1-2 button
> easy.
>
> I have a $200 budget for the scanner/printer unit and software.
>
> Needs to run on a Dell 2.4ghz 64 bit, Windows 7, 4gb RAM
>
> Any ideas?
>
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>> Peter Chilton
> peter at peterchilton.com
> 508-963-6572
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