1. A scanner for generating an electronic representation of a hardcopy document, said scanner comprising: a scanner bed including a flat scanner with a lid; a user interface for inputting material to be added to a scanned document, wherein said user interface comprises a touch screen disposed on said lid of the flat scanner; and a processor for receiving an electronic representation of a hardcopy document from said scanner bed and said material to be added to a scanned document from said user interface; wherein said processor adds said material from said user interface to said electronic representation of the hardcopy document to produce an annotated electronic document; wherein said processor displays an image of the hardcopy document on said touch screen using said electronic representation of the hardcopy document from the scanner bed; and wherein a user selectively adds said material at any point of said displayed image of said hardcopy document and said processor adds that material at a corresponding location within said annotated electronic document.