Free software on your phone or tablet lets you scan, create, edit, annotate and even sign digitized documents on the go.

The best scanner apps for mobile devices help you capture images with minimal distortion, save them in useful forms and share the files online easily — without the need for a cumbersome desktop ...

It can digitize contracts and receipts to handwritten notes and assignments, and then export as PDFs, JPGs, DOCs, or even PowerPoint.

Apple’s new Preview app in iOS 26 makes editing photos and PDFs simple. Here’s how to use it and Android and Windows ...

If Microsoft Lens were a coin, I’d likely find it lurking between the couch cushions. It’s one of those apps that I forgot was installed on my device, but I was always glad to see it whenever I needed ...

The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature in Google Drive allows users to automatically extract text from PDF files and save them in a Google Docs document. This can help to save time when ...

For nearly a decade, Bill focused on printer and scanner technology and reviews for PCMag, and wrote about computer technology since well before the advent of the internet. He authored or co-authored ...

The new scanner has a 6-frame Film Adapter Unit (FAU) that allows high volume film scanning. Dust and scratches on spoiled film are automatically detected and removed with Canon's highly accurate ...