1. A portable data capture device, comprising: control logic; memory coupled with the control logic for storing data and instructions executable by the control logic; a user interface; a data capture element for capturing data from a paper document while the portable data capture device operates in an offline state; instructions stored in memory that, when executed by the control logic, cause the data capture element to detect that the captured data comprises a number of user-readable words that equals or exceeds a threshold number for identification of the paper document and to cause the user interface to present an indication that enough information has been acquired to identify an electronic version of the paper document; and instructions stored in memory that, when executed by the control logic, cause the portable data capture device to automatically submit at least a portion of the captured text to a search engine in response to the portable data capture device transitioning from the offline state to an online state.