Make Your Smartphone A Mobile Scanner

What steps do you take to get a file or papers ready to send online?

We used to go to an internet cafe and pay them to scan a file, after which you could transmit it to the recipient. Nowadays, with smartphones, scanning is as simple as taking a picture.

No need for a document scanner

We are now in the age of smartphones and AI. So, you can make your smartphone a portable document scanner.

With your smartphone now you can scan any file without paying for it within a few minutes. Some of the easily available apps are below, you can get them from the Play Store also available for iPhone users.

Smartphone as a mobile scanner

Following the growth of artificial intelligence, we can now use our phone’s cameras to scan documents.

Mobile scanner


Most Android smartphones already have this. Redmi phones include some extra features.

Your smartphone can scan your documents and upload or share them using your chat applications. Your same camera does this and you only need to get an app. These apps let you take a picture using the same camera and upload it directly to the server.

So now you have your own mobile scanner. And any time you can upload and share the documents.

Mobile scanner – Google Drive

Google drive


This is pre-installed on Android phones. If you have never used any scanner app and cannot decide which one to download, Goole Drive is already on your Android phone. So try it if it’s urgent to upload a file for office, school, or personal use.

For me, scanning is simple but takes time to upload.

Mobile scanner – CamScanner

Camscanner


Require you to enter the mobile number and you will receive an activation key and you are ready to start using it. It helps you to share with anyone or upload to the server you prefer. Text, Doc link, PDF file, Image JPG.

Good experience with it, especially with uploading.

Mobile scanner – Evernote

Evernote


This is one of the best to store text notes as well as documents. If your phone has no To Do List/Note app, you can prefer this one.

Available for iOS scanning is pretty good in Android and has improved its camera. As you tap the Camera button on the app, its camera starts the auto scan crops them, and uploads them to the Evernote account instantly in PDF or image. You are able to do another shot manually if you are not satisfied with the first auto-shot of the app.

Final words

Smartphone camera: The default feature has document document-scanning function. It does a lot for quickly scanning the papers and sharing any contacts. Yet many sometimes many free document scanner apps can help you a lot with extra features.

So, if you open your phone’s camera, you’ll see a slew of other features, including document scanning.

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