If you’re nodding as you read this, there’s a solution for you. But there’s custodia cover huawei y5 2018 a catch: It costs $500.
I’m talking about the new NeatConnect scanner, from the Neat Company. Neat is known for making nifty scanners, like NeatDesk ($400) and NeatReceipts ($180), as well as a cloud storage service for all those scanned files. But this is the first time the company has upgraded to a desktop scanner that requires no software downloads and connects wirelessly to your favorite cloud accounts.
I’ve been using the NeatConnect iphone 11 pro hoesje for the past week, and it definitely makes scanning less onerous. The set up is the simplest I’ve experienced with custodia a sacchetto iphone x a scanner, like the iPad of desktop scanners.
But did I mention that it’s $500 When I asked Neat who this product is meant for, custodia cover samsung s6 edge the company said it dimensioni custodia iphone 6 is targeted at small business samsung a50 custodia a libro owners or “chief information officers” in the home.
So if you’re the person who handles all of your family’s bills and paperwork, then this would be great for you. But if you’re someone who uses a handy mobile app once a month to scan your business expenses, this expensive product might not be necessary. I tested a couple other portable or wireless scanners last year, and while one was pretty much a piece of junk and the other required Eye Fi cards to work wirelessly, there are options out there for less.
Also, the NeatConnect isn’t meant for photo scanning, and it recommended that you don’t even try to, because this type of scanner could damage photos. Lastly, I did experience a couple of glitches with NeatConnect. Scans sent directly to email were delayed, and the search function in Neat’s cloud storage service didn’t work great for me.
From the front, the NeatConnect looks like a sleek, shiny white scale, propped up on an angle on a dark gray plastic box. This is clearly not a cover samsung j5 2016 in silicone “mobile” or portable scanner. But it’s not as large as a printer, and if you absolutely had to travel with it, as I did this past weekend, or cart it to a friend’s house, it cover samsung s7 edge anime wouldn’t be totally awkward.
The front of the scanner features a responsive vertical touchscreen, and there cover iphone se amazon are three trays for documents, receipts and business cards at the top.
Setting up the NeatConnect was as easy as plugging it in, connecting it to my home Wi Fi network using the touchscreen and signing up for a NeatCloud account. The first few months of NeatCloud are free with the NeatConnect; after that, you’ll end up paying anywhere from $5 a month to up to $25 a month, depending on whether you opt in to a personal account or a business one.
The NeatConnect custodia ferrari iphone 6 scans documents, business cards and receipts, but not photos.
You don’t really need NeatCloud to use this particular scanner because, as I mentioned, it will scan all files directly to other cloud services of your choice, like Dropbox, SkyDrive, Evernote, Google Drive and Web based email accounts. But I’ll get to that a bit.
NeatConnect’s user interface is pretty intuitive. Through Settings, you connect cover samsung galaxy j5 juve the scanner to non Neat accounts. I connected to Evernote, Google Drive and Gmail, which took just a few seconds, once I typed in my account information. The only drawback is that the letter and number keys on the touchpad are pretty tiny.
There are menu options for color, one sided or two sided scans, and whether you want to combine your scans into one PDF or scan each one separately. Finally, there is an Outbox folder that lets you check the progress on cover samsung galaxy j3 2016 patatine items being sent, and also provides a really easy way for you to re send scans.
You can pre set the NeatConnect to scan files directly to your favorite cloud apps.
So, if I sent something to Evernote but later on needed to send the same file via email, I could do that quickly from the scanner’s Outbox without having to scan the paperwork again.
You scan by pressing a giant orange “Scan” button on the touchscreen. NeatConnect allows you to scan up to 50 pages at once, and, in my experience, scanning multiple page documents worked well (though I didn’t try scanning a 50 page pile). I could also easily scan a batch of four or five business cards, and even a handful of flimsy or wrinkled receipts.
Some manual file organization was still required after cover luminosa iphone 4s I scanned a bunch of items. For example, Neat says the NeatConnect will scan PDF files to the “root” or top notebook in custodia cover samsung note 8 your Evernote, but it wouldn’t scan to directly to my “September 2013 Expenses” notebook, so I ended up having to grab and move around those files myself afterward.
Some manual file organization might still be needed after you cover iphone 7 natale scan all those files to your cloud accounts.
Neat says that one of the benefits of using their cloud is that it offers optical recognition technology that will help make all those PDF files searchable for you.
But in my experience, the NeatCloud search was less than optimal. For example, after scanning a receipt from a coffee shop called University Cafe, I searched for “university” in NeatCloud, and it didn’t pull up the receipt. I also searched for “James,” clearly scanned from a business card, and that didn’t come up, either. Neat says this should be a temporary issue, as the company has recently been updating its cloud storage system to make search work better.
Lastly, a couple of scans that I tried to send directly from the NeatConnect machine to email addresses took an hour to appear as “Sent” in my Gmail, and one recipient said she still hasn’t gotten the email.
But Neat says this is likely an issue custodia cover huawei mate 20 with my service provider, because email data is processed differently than the data being sent from NeatConnect to other apps. And my Internet at home has been spotty lately. Sending to other cloud services from NeatConnect worked fine, and files arrived immediately.
NeatConnect will definitely cost you big bucks. But if you’re looking for a hassle free scanner that’s easy to set up and does most of what it promises to do, custodia apple iphone 7 silicone the NeatConnect is it…