Gone are the days when an external scanner was required to turn your paper documents into digital, shareable formats. Today, it's easy to scan documents directly from your Samsung Galaxy A phone.

ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft's document scanning Lens app is being retired.For basic scanning, try Apple Notes, Google ...

While most of our world is digital, the need to scan paper documents – from textbook pages and tax receipts to important paperwork – remains. For those using Google Drive, there's a convenient ...

Scanning documents on Android phones typically requires specific apps. However, if you use the Files by Google app on your device, you can now scan documents right within the app. In addition, you can ...

With OCR (optical character recognition) technology, all your scanned text is searchable, making it easy to find your ...

Scanner App transforms your iPhone or iPad into a portable scanner that can digitize documents anywhere, and right now you ...

Microsoft Lens is shutting down. If you’re looking for a similar alternative, you can now use OneDrive app to scan documents ...

Smartphones put the whole world in the palms of our hands. From giving step-by-step directions to unknown locations to video calls with friends and family worldwide, these microcomputers help and ...

TL;DR: Hate having to go into the office just to scan something? Bring a scanner anywhere by adding SwiftScan to your phone, now $41.99 (reg. $199) with code TAKE30. You're probably on the go more ...

My wife and I have started a project to scan some of our paper documents so we can get rid of some of the file boxes taking up space in our office. As we were scanning some old greeting cards, we ran ...

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