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Do you name them, or just put them en masse by date? And what ocr software do you use?
by graeme 8y ago
Do you name them, or just put them en masse by date? And what ocr software do you use?
- atwebb 8y agoCloud vendors have OCR built in now, Amazon announced a newer product at Ignite called Textract and the Rekognition service has some capabilities there. GCP Vision and Azure have options as well. Getting the mass scan/photo is the annoying part. Some scanners also have OCR built in, or you can look at pytesseract.
- criddell 8y agoI do something similar. I scan to pdf then store those in Evernote and Evernote does the OCR.
- js2 8y agoInitially they are just named with the date they are scanned. Once a quarter or so I'll organize the ones I care about and the rest stay in an "unorganized" folder. I use DEVONthink Pro Office which embeds Abbyy for OCR, along with a Fuji SnapScan.
- SomeHacker44 8y agoI use JS1’s exact process, software and hardware. That is just too eerie. I however only shred once I have a full banker’s box, which I take to a commercial shredder for a big toss for $100, once or twice a year.
- ericd 8y agoWhy a commercial shredder rather than a $100 crosscut (Amazon Basics makes some pretty good ones)? I actually find the shredder pretty fun to use.
- jdietrich 8y agoMost inexpensive shredders have a very low duty cycle, so they'll cut out or overheat if you shred continuously for more than a couple of minutes. That's fine if you shred a couple of documents at a time, but it's infuriating if you have a big box of documents that need to be shredded. Heavy-duty shredders capable of continuous use are bulky and heavy, which is a significant issue if you live in a small apartment.
- kkarakk 8y agojust burn em in a trashcan
- smileypete 8y agoI use a cylinder of wire mesh on something heatproof, in the garden. Better than a cheap shredder by miles, and some nice heat that makes it pleasant in wintertime. :)
- igravious 8y agoDomestic burning of household waste is illegal where I live, I would have thought it would be illegal most places in the Western world by now. Burn paper = CO2; shred paper = more paper.
- ericd 8y agoAh makes sense. I guess I just do it as I need to, since I don’t do the document buffering thing.
- coldtea 8y agoOr a fireplace...
- notduncansmith 8y agoEven more fun is supervising a young child doing the shredding :)
- SomeHacker44 8y agoIt takes many hours to shred and not worth my time. I have a shredder for the rare cases I need something shredded NOW.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoStaples will shred for a $1 a pound, and a banker’s box is at most 30lbs.
- SomeHacker44 8y agoStaples does, but indirectly. Your stuff goes into a lock box. Does it get shredded? No idea.