• You could ask at a local copy/print shop, they might offer a photo scanning service. If you just have the occasional batch, or one off job. it might be cheaper just to pay them.

  • They exist, not cheap though, about $300.

    I’ll drop a link in a few minutes.

    Search for auto feed photo scanner - Amazon has a few. Lowest price is $219

  • There is Fujitsu their scansnap product.

    It does exactly what you are asking for.

    • I think they’re asking for an automated way to scan in a bunch of photos, instead of doing it one by one on a scanner. Which I’m not sure if there’s a good solution for that besides paying someone else to do it

      • There are self feeding scanners. I used to use them for work in medical offices. They’re also great for taxes to keep track of receipts. You can feed like 50 pages at a time with the one I had and they always scan perfectly. This was years ago but it was pricey.

        • Yeah there’s a ton of ADF scanners out there. But when OP said they don’t want to damage them I figured they had something fragile they didn’t want to feed through one.

          • OOH. That makes sense. I never even considered that. Maybe one of those wand scanners would work? I think the quality on those is usually pretty bad though?

  • If it is a huge amount that you will only do once, save some money and hire a local kid to muscle through the pile, unless the pics are of an adult nature.

    • Also benefits your community. Kids that do little side gigs like that are significantly less likely to pursue nefarious ways of getting cash.