If it’s all pretty much letter/legal size (or international equivalent), the Canon imageFORMULA DR-C230 (and similar models) do a great job. The scanning software it comes with will scan to PDF and includes OCR.
It's been a minute, but when I was looking at these types of software (not this specific one mentioned) they can create a PDF with the scan images and OCR text overlaid on top of the scan.
Use docker. I recommend just getting a dedicated Synology Nas and using the container manager (that's what they call docker in the os). Just get the two nvmes and some extra ram
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jbrains@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Fujitsu ScanSnap. Any model.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Do these do OCR?
jbrains@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
It's been a while since I used mine, but worst case, your PDF app does the OCR, whereas this machine scans large batches both quickly and reliably.
(I stopped using mine because I switched from Mac OS to Linux. I got 10 happy years from it.)
faltryka@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Just use bedrock Claude or gpt, they both do that really well I’ve found.
Picasso@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
came here to say the same thing. You can self-host your own even Gemma in my experience was also very good.
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
If it’s all pretty much letter/legal size (or international equivalent), the Canon imageFORMULA DR-C230 (and similar models) do a great job. The scanning software it comes with will scan to PDF and includes OCR.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Does the it put out like a txt or word doc or something?
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
If you want OCR, it outputs a PDF.
But it can also output to image formats like PNG (but images don’t have OCR).
There are lots of options in the software, but the defaults work for 90% of regular documents.
LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It's been a minute, but when I was looking at these types of software (not this specific one mentioned) they can create a PDF with the scan images and OCR text overlaid on top of the scan.
xi00@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I can recommend naps2 as a scanning application. But you still need either a lot of time or a proper document scanner.
TxTechnician@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
So, that's surprisingly to setup.
https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/
Use docker. I recommend just getting a dedicated Synology Nas and using the container manager (that's what they call docker in the os). Just get the two nvmes and some extra ram