Originally Posted by
mikekelley
I use the Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500 and it is abso-friggen-lutely amazing.
I'll just hold onto my receipts from a trip in my wallet/briefcase, get home, load them in, push one button and it scans, sorts, and converts to searchable PDFs, then saves them in a specific folder in under a minute. Mindblowingly good. Auto-backup too, if you want that.
http://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-ScanSn.../dp/B00ATZ9QMO
Edit: Looks like this is the same thing as the Evernote scanner above. But you don't need to pay for evernote premium to search your PDFs.
Here's a cheaper alternative to the Fujitsu. I use this to convert my home office stuff into a virtual file cabinet once a year and it works great:
http://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkForc...=epson+scanner
I actually used to have the Fujitsu at work where my team did lots and lots of contract scanning every day. The Fujitsu is absolutely better for ultra-high volume scanning, but I'd argue that the Epson is more than adequate for personal/individual use.
All that being said, I don't use either for my expenses. GeniusScan on my Android phone. Even with the low-MP camera on the HTC M8, zooming out to scan long receipts works fine as long as you're under/near a desk lamp so the shutter speed remains fast. Scans all my receipts to a single PDF, which I then email to myself and attach to my online expense report. In the near future we will be going to a new expense system that has a native app with camera scanning functionality. Can't wait for that to happen...