Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Document Imaging: Lawyers Love It

We have often referred to AIIM as an important information resource for the document imaging industry and its clients. Their "Wednesday Webinars," where you can watch video of many document imaging-related topics, are unique and highly informative.

Tomorrow's webinar, titled "A Road Map to Litigation Readiness," provides a superb example of how much document scanning and document imaging has contributed to the practice of law.

As anyone who has ever hired a lawyer knows, they're expensive and charge hourly. The "discovery process" can be particularly costly and time-intensive.

Discovery is when all the evidence must be gathered together. In the past, that meant interviewing witnesses and maybe reading a letter or ten. Today, though, that means collecting email, voicemail, documents from other states and countries, even text messages.

Document imaging technology has made this process more manageable. Lawyers can search among documents with the click of a mouse, and share with colleagues with another click of the mouse.

In that sense, document imaging has rendered those expensive hours more worth it.

If you're a lawyer or know one and you like what you hear, compare prices quotes from document imaging vendors here.

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