Hi Jayne,
Not to sure about on-line doc management systems, I'm afraid, but might be
able to help with scanners. I used the Plustek Opticbook 3600 for my
psychology degree. It is designed to scan very well right into the spine of
books, which is where OCR often fails on other scanners. This does make it
bulkier than other scanners, but I found it extremely useful.
http://www.plustek.com/product/book3600.asp
All the best,
Neil Cottrell
LexAble
On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:18:25 +0000, Michael Woodman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi Jayne,
>
>Not sure about the on-line file management system, (I use Google docs,
>which is free), but sounds like he might require something more robust.
>
>However, as a scanning solution, I use a Fujitsu scan snap desktop
>scanner which is tiny, is hopper-fed (like a printer, so will quickly
>and easily handle large documents), and automatically converts anything
>I scan into OCR rich PDF files.
>
>Apart from things I have to have hard copies of, I basically have no
>paper filing at all. I literally couldn't do my job if I didn't use this
>system.
>
>Hope this is helpful.
>
>Michael Woodman
>Disabilities Coordinator
>Registry, Hunter Wing,
>St. George's, University of London,
>Cranmer Terrace, Tooting,
>SW17 0RE.
>
>www.sgul.ac.uk/disability
>
>Tel: 020 8725 0143
>Fax: 020 8725 0841
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>Jayne Mayers wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> I've had a query from a student studying law, who wants to do the Bar
Vocational Course after completion of the undergrad course. He has very
limited use of his hands and has a tremendous amount of text based
information to manage, review and absorb. Could anyone comment or advise on
the query he sent me - below in bold, or does anyone have any experience of
the on-line options he has mentioned.
>>
>> Many thanks - Jayne
>>
>>
>>
>> I have had a look at a few on-line document management systems, there are
lots so not sure how good each one is. Although, these ones seem to be more
popular, Huddle, Netdocuments, Ademero & Filehold. Also need some way of
scanning in bulk 50-100 pages at a time.
>>
>> What I am looking for,
>>
>> Online, File/document management and organisation
>> the ability to link documents together
>> scan & edit documents online (office files, ms word or PDF )
>> multiple users, different user permissions
>> need to be able to have a backup at home
>>
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