Have you ever found yourself frantically scribbling down notes from a meeting, struggling to copy a recipe from a magazine, or trying to preserve the details of a handwritten letter? These moments can ...

Your smartphone just became a scanner.

You may have a flatbed scanner at home or perhaps one of those “all-in-one” printer/scanner/copier machines, but did you know your smartphone’s camera can also double as a flatbed scanner? It’s not ...

We've been scanning documents since before the smartphone, but it all got a lot easier after that. And camera technology advanced to a point where it's easy to turn any document into a digital version ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Matthew Guay When life gives you paper, your phone can turn it into clear PDF ...

Google is about to integrate its Lens image recognition tool into its Gboard mobile keyboard. Thanks to the Scan Text function, you'll be able to scan a document and retrieve the text it contains.