However, OCR can lure users into a false sense of complacency. The technology, especially for handwriting, is far from perfect, and any OCR result must go through some sort of quality control. If an invoice or cash transfer has a mis-OCR’ed decimal point or digit, the results can obviously be disastrous.
Digital scanning and storage of documents can save thousands of dollars per year on storage and recovery costs. A 1TB hard drive, which costs no more than a few hundred dollars, can store several years worth of data for most small and medium sized businesses. The information is quickly recoverable at a computer, which saves a large amount of time as well. However, it should be noted that a significant amount of time will need to be invested in order to scan the documents.