Comment Re:Scan to PDF with OCR behind the image (Score 1) 101
If you want to do it yourself and you're desperate for OCR, you can easily do this in the commercial version of Adobe Acrobat (I've used it on 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, but I haven't tried 7.0). One of the "Paper Capture" options is to place the OCR'd text right behind the image.
In general, I scan at high resolution (600 dpi) black and white using an Epson Perfection 3170 scanner with ADF. I don't bother with the OCR. You can either scan straigth into Adobe Acrobat or into Adobe Photoshop if you need to touch up any of your images (coffee stains, anyone?). I find that I rarely go back to my old research notes, but if I need them, I can still print the relevant parts for working around the lab. I've been doing this for about 6 years (initially with a really bad scanner) and I've saved a lot of file cabinet space. I've also done this with all of my old photocopied journal articles.
In general, I scan at high resolution (600 dpi) black and white using an Epson Perfection 3170 scanner with ADF. I don't bother with the OCR. You can either scan straigth into Adobe Acrobat or into Adobe Photoshop if you need to touch up any of your images (coffee stains, anyone?). I find that I rarely go back to my old research notes, but if I need them, I can still print the relevant parts for working around the lab. I've been doing this for about 6 years (initially with a really bad scanner) and I've saved a lot of file cabinet space. I've also done this with all of my old photocopied journal articles.
