[ddoyle777]

I'm trying to do something and I need some suggestions.
I prefer to take handwritten notes in meetings and sometimes studying so I'm looking for a scanner that will scan my 8.5x11 pages into the computer and then a software package to let me manage these pages. I don't have any desire to convert my scribbles into text, just to store, catalog, keyword and find them easily.
I'm using OS X 10.2.4 and have plenty of storage (160g firewire drive).
If you have recommendations or suggestions I'd appreciate hearing them.
Thanks,
Dave Doyle

[griffman]

Well, you could actually try iPhoto ... once the images are scanned, they're just that - images. I'm not sure what formats iPhoto will handle beyond JPEG (perhaps anything QuickTime can do?), but you could then put each event into an "album" for easy future reference. Main advantage: It's free!
There are other solutions, of course; search on version tracker for "Media catalog" or "catalog" or "media library," things like that. Canto is one name that comes to mind, though I don't recall a specific product.
-rob.

[ddoyle777]

Rob,
Canto's Cumulus looks like it might work - but it's only a Classic app. Don't think I could stand to use it.
I'll give iPhoto a try, but it won't keep multi page docs together too well.

[Engravingimage]

Another program that you might think about is Filemaker Pro. You can create a database with this program. No sense in scanning all of the pages if you can't find what you need in a hurry. The only disadvantage is price.
http://www.filemaker.com/

[griffman]

Yea, they announced OS X versions of their software, due out at "the end of September 2003" ... sigh. I know there are at least a couple of OS X options out there somewhere...
-rob.