Scan a paper with your phone
Turn a letter on the kitchen table into a proper file you can send.
Your phone can turn paper into a flat, cropped file, better than a photograph of it.
It is built in: Notes or Files on an iPhone, Google Drive on Android.
Key points
- Your phone can scan paper into a PDF with no scanner
- Look in Notes or Files on an iPhone, Google Drive on Android
What to remember
- What comes out is a PDF, like a scanner makes.
- A scan is a document. A photo is a picture of one.
Try this
Scan one page of anything on your own phone and look at the result.
Practice: Scan a paper with your phone. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.