Written by Andrelyn Izquierdo.
A guide on how to scan documents using a mobile device application.
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A simple application to use for turning paper documents of any sort into digital ones that is available for both iPhones and Androids.
Here is a description from the Apple Store of the possibilities that can be accomplished by using this specific application (app for short):
Scannable moves paper forward. Scan contracts, receipts, business cards, and any paper that comes your way. Save or share documents instantly and move on.
Automatically capture high-quality scans anywhere -
- Scan fast: Point your camera at documents, expense receipts, or whiteboards. Scannable immediately captures them.
- Save time: Scannable automatically rotates, crops, and adjusts images so your scans are clear and easy to read.
- Share or save: Send documents to colleagues via email or text, or export them as PDF and JPG files to Evernote and other apps.
Deal with paper professionally -
- Turn business cards into contacts: Pull information from business cards and save it all to your contacts list.
- Go paperless: Scannable works seamlessly with the ScanSnap Evernote Edition Scanner to get multi-page documents where they need to go.
- A scanner for everyone: With Scannable, your whole team can control a ScanSnap Evernote Edition Scanner from their own devices and send the paper on its way.
Scannable is free to download and use.
Image by Firmbee from Pixabay.
Step by Step How-To
Download it in the app store on your smartphone. It may say Evernote Scannable in the search, which is the same thing.
Allow the app permission to access photos.
Set the piece of paper/receipt on a flat surface, preferably a solid opaque. Sometimes it doesn’t take pictures over glass surfaces.
Make sure the highlighted blue rectangle covers the entire sheet you want to scan.
Let the app do its thing.
Once the photo is captured of the document, the app automatically cleans it up making the font much more visible and clearer to read.
Review the document to make sure its entirety is included.
If it missed something, you need to hit the trash can icon to delete it and then retry.
If the scan is complete, then press the check mark and save it onto your camera roll as a photo or change it to a pdf or onto Evernote.
You can also send it to another person via mail or share it via text message.
Personal Feedback
You have the option of scanning multiple pages, however, the app is glitchy to where you cannot delete only one page if there’s a mess up affecting its efficiency. So the downside of this app is that you need to do one page at a time to ensure accuracy.
Happy Scanning!
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