Great scanner for the price. I wish it had an SD card slot for scanning directly to a card. But it does have a USB port to scan via that to the computer. The software drivers are available on the internet and install easily and work well.

NOTE: You can scan one picture at a time or multiples, just be sure to leave some space between them on the glass as that is how the scanner differentiates. After the scan, they will have a generic name but you can rename them via right click or a slow double click as usual. I have already scanned over 500 pictures for my first project.

Although it purports to also allow some minimal red eye and color correction, I have not used those features.

1500+ photos scanned, and it is still going. The scanner automatically sizes the scanned photo so you do not have to do any cropping.

The V39 may not feel like a solid machine but it does a surprisingly good job at converting my 12 x 12 physical scrapbook pages to a digital format. For reference, I am on a Windows 11 computer. To make a digital copy of a 12x12 page, I use SmartScan, which is the the downloaded program that has the stitching feature. My bunny pages were made using the advanced stitching feature. BTW, if ever an error message pops up saying that 2 parts can't be stitched, try scanning a 3rd part (middle for example), which is what worked for me. It takes me around 2 to 2.5 hours to digitize between 32-40 pages with this scanner, so I'll be at it a while as I have around 25 albums to scan.

I bought this for a long term scanning project of scanning our kids art work, misc items, photos, and documents. And it's been great!

Pros
No power cable. It gets power from the USB cable that connects to your computer.

It's not heavy fits easily into one of my desk drawers.

It's scans pretty fast. I mean it's a consumer flat bed scanner don't expect commerical grade speedy fast lol.

It supports tons of settings with Epson software or with the default macOS scanner software.

Cons
I'm using this with my M1 MacMni so maybe the Epson software experience is different for Windows. But I'm not a fan of the Espon software. You're prompted to install a ton of software, as is the usually thing all these companies do (Espon, Canon, etc.). Now I only have the Epson photo scanning software installed. Some times I use it but I've gravitated to the macOS scanner and printer software. This is 100% personal prefernece of course. But to me it's a con because good hardware should have equally good software. But don't let this deter you from putting it on a list of scanners your considering.

Final Assessment
If you need a scanner for a photo scanning project, to scan documents (bills, receipts, misc documentation) and don't want to break the bank buying one, this is the one for you. I've shared online scanned photos and documents with family members and no one complained about the photo quality of the scans (color photos and old black and white photos).

Found an older version of this years ago for my mom, who suffers from (EDCD) Electronic Device Comprehension Deficiency. Lol! There's no classification yet. Closest is computer illiterate but this isn't a computing device. Anyway, she's more like, "Oh, what's this button do" competency. So I wanted to get her a scanner that is so simple, and yet literally works with the touch of a button. And that's it. And found Epson's Scanner. Years later, got this one for my sister too, who's scanner on her printer died. To bad they don't make the old one cause it's thinner and less bulky than this one. It is the same animal, though. Just a little bigger. Don't worry about care. My mom's been manhandling hers for a number of years, and nothing broken yet. And as far as I can tell, it's the only type of it's kind now. This is perfect for students as the marketing strategy was why it came into existence. The niche was scanning pages by students in the library! So the simplicity, portability, and price is a no brainer!! Oh yeah, forgot to add scanner is above par, comparable to the $500.00 and up price range. Only negative is no Legal or Ledger size. Will keep recommending for years to come, as long as epson keeps making them.