(Part 2) Best document scanners according to redditors
We found 117 Reddit comments discussing the best document scanners. We ranked the 60 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Also this is already a thing
Bills: Pay them immediately. Opt for paperless billing wherever possible, and similarly pay the bills electronically wherever possible.
Important papers: Scan them and shred the originals. Get a scanner that is easy to use; I have an older version of this. Back up those scans!
Note: Most papers are not important.
I really enjoyed going to the Library and scanning photos. My Library has coffee and snacks. I plop down and spend an hour or so watching netfix with headphones and scanning. It was pretty nice.
The photo wand scanners are halfway decent. If you don't like it, just return it. Also good for scanning documents. I give it a 3 1/2 for quality and 5 stars for functionality. I scanned thousands of things with that fucker.
https://www.amazon.com/Vupoint-Solutions-Portable-Scanner-PDS-ST470-VP/dp/B00C7ES6BW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1540918924&sr=8-6&keywords=photo+wand
Yeah I built one of these (which was fun since I have zero experience building stuff haha). I mounted two Sony A6000's to it and then just paged through all the books. I also used an Epson ES-500W I found on Craigslist for documents. I also used an old Epson 3170 flatbed to scan around 200 photos and things from the 1920s-1940s that couldn't go through the document scanner or needed 48 bit scanning.
A few years ago we went completely paperless. We had two huge 4-drawer filing cabinets of crap from years of running two businesses and managing our personal finances. It was unwieldy and we always ended up with huge piles of paper waiting to be filed, and I'd end up spending hours getting stuff together for tax time.
Here's what I did:
My folder structure in Gsuite is:
> Financial
>> Receipts (just scans of receipts for archival purposes)
>>> 2016
>
>>> 2017
>
>>> 2018 etc
>
>> Tax Documents (1099s, W2s, property tax, mortgage interest, etc.)
>>> 2016
>
>>> 2017
>
>>> 2018
So far this has worked extremely well. My accounting firm has access to the Tax Documents folder, and my Xero accounting software. They just wait for my email that everything is there and ready, and they prepare my taxes with all of the information provided.
This is the 2nd tax season we've been on this system and it's working extremely well. I used to file an extension and just dreaded going through getting everything ready for tax time, now I'm just about ready to file and it's not even February. We will be filed by Feb 15 this year at the latest.
I cant vouch for it but https://www.amazon.com/Doxie-Go-SE-Intuitive-Rechargeable/dp/B073H7V4DM?ref_=gep_p2_dp_1 this looks like it could solve your problem.
If you want to go the ultra-cheap route your best bet is probably any cheap, Linux-compatible scanner + tesseract-ocr. I honestly haven't used tesseract myself but it's definitely the most popular OCR program on Linux.
If you're willing to shell out extra, Brother makes some really excellent network printers and scanners; at my job we use a Brother DCP 7065DN which, as a network printer/scanner combo, works just fine with my Linux laptop.
You can get a standalone Brother scanner refurbished for about $150 on Amazon. It supports OCR and scanning to network, USB flash drive, etc.
We just got the visoneer Patriot. It looked too good to be true, it wasn't. Awesome little machine for a rock bottom price at 80 auto feed. Also comes with infinite installs of nuance PDF ($110 an install).
Edit: We bought it on Amazon so that we could return it easily if there were issues. Has scanned 20,000 pages in 2 months with no issue at all.
Here is the link.
https://www.amazon.com/Visioneer-Patriot-D40-Document-Scanner/dp/B01EBN1N4S
That seems unrealistic for 10 A4 binders with a document scanning service.
I have a ScanSnap ix500 which is a fantastic but expensive scanner. I've got through a load of old paperwork for myself and family so far and will probably sell it on once complete. If I can sell it at current selling prices on eBay it will have cost me £30 to digitise everything. But this would obviously be a risky route to go down and I see you already have a multi function printer to get rid of!
What about something like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01G8DW7QC/
I can't afford anything more than $10 CAD. I'm drawing manga while waiting for a response from any of the countless places I've applied at.
I am hoping that making manga would help me make some money so I can do something to get a career in anything.
The A3 scanners I've googled are still really expensive. This is the cheapest I've found on Amazon and it's $80, This is the cheapest I found with Google and it's $30 but it's on sale.
I've always felt like padded sleeves would protect it from other stuff in a larger bag but I wanted something a little stiffer when just carrying the keyboard by itself. I've found a few formed stethoscope cases that fit my Planck and Preonic and have protected the boards when dropped. They're similar to this Hermitshell hard EVA foam case which is maybe just a little too large for a 60%.
The real deal would be the lockable hard plastic cases with the adjustable foam inserts from Pelican and others.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQ4H35N about the same price as the one you picked, but USB 3.0 (faster)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MFBVS1E/ costs a little more, but doesn't need to be physically connected
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ABBYY: https://www.abbyy.com/en-us/finereader/
https://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-Fi-7030-Professional-Document-Scanner/dp/B01K1JR77I/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=fujitsu+fi6110&qid=1550575690&s=gateway&sr=8-5
https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/
Cpen reader is a good option. Any scan word can be defined through the cpen dictionary. The pen can be used to read book by scanning individual lines, similar to reading with a finger.
If you have a computer and a printer/copier/scanner combo, (here's one for sub $100 or if you feel like spending $800+ for one I'd recommend this one). But if you have to take them on your phone then try and make sure you have good light and a stable hand. Also, if you plan on making more art to post here (Which, by the way, yours was great) and have to use your phone you could look into something like this. It's (somewhat) cheap, but it makes it so much easier to scan good quality pictures and documents.
If you're worried about receipts, get one of these and scan the receipts once a month or something. Keep car/auto receipts in your glove box (this is also good for when you sell your car, you can show you've kept regular maintenance on the car, and the new owner has receipts for everything).
What I generally do for bills, apartment notices, 8.5x11 receipts, etc, is I have a 2 drawer filing cabinet dedicated to them. Just get a bunch of folders and mark them "Apartment", "Utilities", "Car", "Medical", "Taxes", "Dental", "Work", etc... I put all my paperwork on my desk and declutter/put them in folders once a month.
My wife bought me a IRIScan Pro 3 last year for Christmas and I love the thing.
You can setup multiple scan directories and I just send all of our stuff to a folder in dropbox that our accountant has access to.
It also has a cloud feature that works with apple/android devices in the event you need to scan something in the field.
Out of all the scanners I have used over the years I love this one the best so far.
IRIScan Pro 3 Cloud Portable Color Scanner https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DWPMD3C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_OGpwxbZK7KBCE
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This is much like what I'm considering as my top option, the VuPoint that looks quite similar in design. I'm looking for something that will fit easy in my bag, both for flying and for toting to the archives.