Good luck with the work Dave! Very kind of you to do that for your father, looking at old pictures sure brings out many memories..
It was one of those things I have been delaying for years, thinking that it would be just as darn protracted as fitting them into the slides in the first place. But it was not that bad

With the editing, I spent between two-three hours pr kasette of 30 slides.
Dave, currious to know. Is your scanner a 'dias scanner'? For all I know.. regular scanners work just as well...