I had a hand held wand scanner that worked not too bad. I have used a few free fax programs that allow me to fax from my computer any file, be it a photo, a pdf, a WORD document etc. Taking a photo with my smart phone, email it to my computer, then use the fax program. I know there are phone apps that could do it, but I prefer to use my computer. bigger and easier to read and drag and drop, sign as needed, then fax, etc.