connda Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I'm looking for advice from anyone who has used a hand-held document scanner. How well do they work? I'm sort of worried that if your hands shake or you don't pull the scanner over the document precisely than you may get a bad image. But I've never used one, so I simply don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Actually did not know they still made them - have been using flatbed and then multi function printers for the last decade or two. Never had much luck with handheld but as said that was many, many years ago so expect software has greatly improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiejohn Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 What is it you are trying to do? How many documents, what size and do you need OCR or just JPG etc. Most modern smartphones do a good jpg and many will OCR and/or translate. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorriedNoodle Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 16 hours ago, connda said: I'm looking for advice from anyone who has used a hand-held document scanner. How well do they work? All smartphones have this app available and they work OK in decent light conditions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 On 9/29/2018 at 8:17 AM, WorriedNoodle said: All smartphones have this app available and they work OK in decent light conditions. Wow. I did not know this being a smartphone challenged senior citizen. Just loaded an Android scanning app. I'm impressed! I'll have to play around with different apps to see which works best, but this is good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidgin Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) As previous replies say, there are many scanner apps for smartphones. Get a document scanner, photo scanner and QR scanner app - and you'll be all set. For iOS, I'll recommend Camscanner for documents, Pic Scanner for photos, and QR Reader for bar codes. All three cost a few bucks, either upfront or in in-app purchases, but offer much better features and support than "free" apps (Which are never free anyway!) Edited October 10, 2018 by Pidgin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman2016 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 As previous replies say, there are many scanner apps for smartphones. Get a document scanner, photo scanner and QR scanner app - and you'll be all set. For iOS, I'll recommend Camscanner for documents, Pic Scanner for photos, and QR Reader for bar codes. All three cost a few bucks, either upfront or in in-app purchases, but offer much better features and support than "free" apps (Which are never free anyway!)iOS has an in- built scanner in NotesSent from my iPad using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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