Doesn’t DT OCR? Just feed it to the scanners. Or use Folder Action Script on one of your dropbox folder, take a picture, put it on the folder and it automatically syncs to your computer’s DT and OCR.
Maybe I’m mistaken because I don’t know if DT OCR only PDF or images too. I only have PDF.
This is a problem i see every DT user face. The overwhelming complexity. Unless you really delve into DT you won’t see why lawyers, academics, and many knowledge worker choose DT over EN to manage their knowledge.
It’s not only storing and accessing information. It’s the way you can access overwhelming amount of snippets. After a while in EN, my information got lost.
In the end, it depends on your needs. EN search is good, and frankly, EN is good enough for the majority of the people.
But i need auto wikilinks, alias, smart folders, (duplicates, type of file, replicants detection) advanced search, auto classify, see also, separate database (to keep the data and AI clean) and etc
As an example, I did a search on EN just now for my to-read list, and i can’t find it. EN spits out 93 results, and i don’t have time to sort through the notes to find that one note. Sure, EN has bookmarks, tags, and notebook, and that’s my point. It’s a pain to process all my incoming docs. With DT, it’s a lot easier.
Conclusion, DT is certainly a niche product and an expensive one at that. It’s not for everyone. I tried DT in the pass and like you, I was wondering why do i need DT if i have Evernote. It’s not until i have thousands of of notes that I see the value in DT.
And i didn’t come back to DT at first, I just try harder to organise my EN, that didn’t work out. (i bought books like Evernote Essential and others) So i tried Yojimbo, Together, Eagle Filer, and etc. None worked.