I frequently use a Fujitsu sheet-feed scanner with my MacBook. Here are some notes about how I would go about cobbling together a scan-to-text-PDF solution with Linux. I don’t think it would result in a comparable user experience, but if I had to scan 10 pages into Linux 1000 times, here are some helpful pointers:

  • I really like my S1300. I hope the S1300i would be as nice.
    • https://www.gaggl.com/2016/11/getting-fujitsu-scansnap-s1300i-to-work-on-ubuntu-16-04lts/
    • http://www.openfusion.net/linux/scansnap_1300i
    • http://iokevins.blogspot.com/2015/08/fujitsu-scansnap-s1300i-on-debian.html
    • https://www.josharcher.uk/code/install-scansnap-s1300-drivers-linux/
  • https://knurdnerd.com/paper-to-pdf-workflow-with-ocr-on-linux/
  • https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OCR
  • Hardware:
    • https://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-ScanSnap-Portable-Document-Scanner/dp/B008HBFADQ?
    • https://www.amazon.com/Canon-P-215II-Document-Scanner/dp/B00LPRQW86?
    • https://www.amazon.com/Brother-Wireless-High-Speed-ADS-2700W-Touchscreen/dp/B0757Z7NLC?