Leg@l IT (Not So) Live: Paperless Office Tools

The wireless network dropped this afternoon, so I’m resuming the blogging, now not-quite-so-live (!) after a nice Zen AJBM dinner…

[this post is one of a series covering the Leg@l IT Conference]

Me Jean L. Beauchamp presented “Les outils de l’avenir… dès aujourd’hui”. His presentation consisted mainly in an overview of suggested tools for the small paperless law office, including:

• Scanning: VRS – Virtual ReScan
• PDF: Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro: to create, combine, collaborate, collect and control
• Telephony: Skype, using the Linksys IP telephone
• File Management: Filecenter (available in French)
• Outlook synchronization in small office without MS Exchange: SynchPst
• Dictation: Philips Pocket Memo 9600
• Voice recognition: Dragon Naturally Speaking, Pro Legal version (note: in a question and comment, Dominic Jaar recommended the preferred version because the added cost of the pro legal version was not worth the differences in features)
• Document Viewer: Rack2-filer

His reference to a Nature article, titled “Ink for Electronic Paper”, was also intriguing so I checked it out. Progress never stops!