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A few folks have talked about digitizing paper documents, so one of my favorite tricks for iPhone havers: iPhones have very nice scanning tools built in, but i
by morisy 3y ago
A few folks have talked about digitizing paper documents, so one of my favorite tricks for iPhone havers:
iPhones have very nice scanning tools built in, but it’s buried in the Notes app. Create a new note, click the camera icon, then “scan documents” and it will create a very nice, usually well cropped and OCRd scan that’s saved as a PDF you can then export elsewhere. Wish it was a standalone app because it works so well, and this is from someone who helps digitize and preserve paper documents for a living.
- coderatlarge 3y agothanks for sharing - it's a great feature. one problem I've found with notes is that they don't appear to have any kind of export mechanism - i.e., you're tied to apple and that app. Is that right?
- morisy 3y agoTap the down arrow by the PDF, then click “share” and you can email it, move to Dropbox, whatever. They don’t make it obvious it’s just a regular PDF!
- newaccount74 3y agoThere is an easier way now! In the "Files" app, tap the (...) icon in the top right corner and select "Scan Documents".
- alkhatib 3y agoLong press the notes app icon, and you’ll get a shortcut to scan documents
- coderatlarge 3y agoIf you want a standalone app, Microsoft Lens is actually pretty good for creating pdfs from pictures. I agree it's great to be able to do this natively on iphone without third-party apps.
- morisy 3y agoOh awesome, didn’t know!