Epson's WorkForce GT-1500 is a colour document scanner designed to simplify the tedious task of scanning stacks of text documents in an office environment.

The Epson WorkForce GT-1500 is Epson's answer to the growing need in small businesses for a fast document-focused scanner that can scan multiple pages of text in short order. The results with photos weren't disappointing either, making the scanner more ve...

Epson's Perfection V300 Photo is an inexpensive flatbed scanner that can scan legal-sized documents, as well as 35 mm slides and film.

Although its appeal is limited by its stand-alone nature, the Epson Perfection V300 Photo, with its 4800 dpi optical scanning resolution and transparency scan support, is a good choice for those looking to take their snapshots, negatives, and slides into...

The Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 is a well built document scanner with duplexing facilities.

The Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 is a wonderfully executed scanner that might just allow you to throw out those piles of documents and magazines and reclaim some floor or cupboard space. Our only criticism is the price. At £347, it's far from cheap, and we suspe

The Plustek OpticBook 4600 is a 48-bit USB colour flatbed scanner that is easy to install and can digitise documents, books, and photos.

The Plustek OpticBook 4600 handled OCR work very nicely, but for PDFs and other image scans you may have to invest a fair amount of time and manual labour to obtain pristine copies. That drawback, coupled with the Plustek's high price, makes the OptiBook...

Fujitsu's ScanSnap S300M takes the technology from the company's well-received desktop document scanners, such as the ScanSnap S510M, and puts it into a device that's easier to carry from location to location.

The paperless office is a nice sentiment, but there are professions that are slow to evolve from creating reams of paper on a regular basis - law, estate agents, and medicine, to name a few. For mobile professionals looking for a way to manage paper docum...

If you want a low-cost flatbed scanner and and document management system that can digitise both photos and stacks of paper, then the reasonably priced £170 Plustek SmartOffice PL806 may be all you need.

For undemanding small or home office (SOHO) users who want a low-priced scanner that's also versatile enough to scan both photos and documents, the Plustek SmartOffice PL806 is a worthwhile candidate. But if performance is vital, you'd be better off payin...

Wizcom Quicktionary III Lite is a scanning pen which translates French or Spanish to English, and vice versa.

The Wizcom Quicktionary III Lite is a useful tool, it's quick to use, and it's (marginally) more cool than a Collins French to English dictionary. But it costs £100 more and you'll need a separate pen for every language - so this will appeal only to a se

For those who have yet to bring their older photos into the digital realm, the Canon CanoScan 8600F desktop photo and film scanner is definitely worth a look.

Although it was a little slow to warm up, and its photo scans were a touch dark, the Canon CanoScan 8600F proved to be a very good all-around scanner and should definitely be considered if you are looking for a high-quality photo and document scanner. Mor...

For those who have yet to bring their older photos into the digital realm, the Canon CanoScan 8600F desktop photo and film scanner is definitely worth a look.

HP's ScanJet G4050 photo scanner offers a six-colour scanning process, with stylish looks and solid performance.

Good colour-quality but slow speeds make the HP ScanJet G4050 a more compelling proposition for those who occasionally need high-quality scans rather than for professional or semi-professional applications. At the price, there are alternatives that may no...