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Re: Swiss Post scans your snail mail and sends it to you via email.

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Post by CountingCode » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 7:46 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #27

sivers wrote: post #8

For what it's worth, for anyone interested, I used this service for years, and they're great. Really nice if you're nomadic and want to have a steady mailing address. In the U.S., https://www.earthclassmail.com/ provides the same service. I think it is (or was) Earth Class Mail's backend software that is/was powering Swiss Post Box, when I was using it. Also great for having a U.S. mailing address for your business,…

Any problems with earthclassmail? I've heard from people who love them and people who have had problems with them.

No problems with earthclassmail here either. It is expensive though.

Re: Swiss Post scans your snail mail and sends it to you via email.

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Post by toomuchtodo » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 8:33 PM UTC

sliverstorm wrote: post #49

toomuchtodo wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I pay $45/year for Evernote; they OCR everything I put into them, and I put all of my paper mail into it. Also, I configured a fax number from Phaxio, which pushes the PDF right into Evernote (for those who won't email me something). It doesn't have automatic tagging, but the OCR is very good.

I was using Evernote, but then I saw how much the upgrade is (and it is a subscription too). Is it worth it over the totally free OneNote? I do see that OneNote mobile doesn't have OCR, but I wonder if you could rely on your desktop to perform OCR for you, and then the phone could search the results?

For $50/year, I get Evernote on my Nexus 5, my Macbook Air, my iMac at home, web browser, and my most favorite component, the Evernote Chrome Web Clipper.

I pay more for Netflix, and I get so much more out of Evernote. I'd prepay for life if I could.

So, to answer your questions:

> Is it worth it over the totally free OneNote?

For me, most definitely. I've built it into my workflow. For you, that depends on value.

> but I wonder if you could rely on your desktop to perform OCR for you, and then the phone could search the results?

As I mentioned, for $50/year (which I make in less than half an hour), it just works.

Re: Swiss Post scans your snail mail and sends it to you via email.

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Post by Anderkent » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 8:39 PM UTC

rb2k_ wrote: post #36

hannibalhorn wrote: post #32

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I used them for 2-3 years, and wouldn't say I ever had any problems, but left after they upped prices with little advance notice. Especially when you're only stateside once a year or so, it becomes tricky to change providers. There are several similar services these days and some of the smaller players can be a better fit, depending on your mail volume and exact needs as far as scanning and forward shipping. I've bee…

Are there any that are more targeted towards low volume "regular" consumers? (aka: cheaper)

@martianpenguin, your comments are dead. Only a small subset of users can see them.

You can reach out to pg@ to request an unban (http://www.andrewkkirk.com/2012/12/how-unbanned-from-hacker-...). Hopefully enough traffic will make hn reconsider this policy.

Re: Swiss Post scans your snail mail and sends it to you via email.

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Post by hannibalhorn » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 9:31 PM UTC

rb2k_ wrote: post #36

hannibalhorn wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used them for 2-3 years, and wouldn't say I ever had any problems, but left after they upped prices with little advance notice. Especially when you're only stateside once a year or so, it becomes tricky to change providers. There are several similar services these days and some of the smaller players can be a better fit, depending on your mail volume and exact needs as far as scanning and forward shipping. I've bee…

Are there any that are more targeted towards low volume "regular" consumers? (aka: cheaper)

I would say virtualpostmail - the starter plan is $5/month. I'm pretty low volume - I really only receive replacement credit cards when the old ones expire, plus the all important IRS correspondance (why I can't communicate with them 100% electronically baffles me!)