The app also allows you to annotate the scanned image with the freehand ink or text label tools. It also automatically adjusts the image if you take it at an angle, so you don’t have to be totally square when you scan the document or image. The Lens app can also attempt to convert handwriting into text, although it’s not nearly as accurate as document scanning.

It’s a huge time saver when you are trying to recreate an updated version of the document you’re scanning. OCR allows you to extract the text from these various image captures so you don’t have to manually type out what’s in them. My favorite app: Microsoft Lensįormerly known as Office Lens, this app goes well beyond a basic document scanner with power OCR (Optical Character Recognition) capabilities that work documents, business cards, whiteboards and even images. The 'Scan' option will appear when you hit the '+' button in the app’s main screen which opens the ‘Create new’ dialogue box. There are only a couple of editing tools that allow you to change the color, rotate or crop but if you’re simply archiving documents, it may be all you need. The scanned images are saved as PDF files, so you can manipulate them later with various PDF tools if needed.

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