Increasing amounts of information and paper are becomming a bigger and bigger problem in business and personal life.

The idea of immediatlely scanning paper you receive is a good one. But I have a habit of writing/scribbling ideas, todo's, plans on scrappaper sometimes with drawings. I wonder if recording on cheap music-casettes would be an alternative. You could also record your voice on PC if the PC is on and you are too lazy to type it in notepad..

Converting spoken text into written text is quite complex I think. However its not difficult to let computers speak out written text.

In my country they sometimes use a system where they let you answer questions over the telephone and afterwards the recorded conversation counts as a legal contract. Pitty they send a written resume/confirmation by post afterwards.