The iPhone Notes app does a lot more than keep your thoughts. Here's how to scan documents and texts using Continuity Camera and the "Scan" feature.

Apple added a Scan Text feature in iOS 15.4 that makes scanning documents on iPhone and iPad even easier than before - here’s how it works.

Android users, on the other hand, can use the Google Drive app built into the phone to scan documents, but use the Camera app to digitize text with OCR (see below).

This method doesn't work with handwritten text. Alternatively, you can use the Office Lens app, which is available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone, to scan the document directly into a Word ...

We show you how use your iPhone to scan and digitise documents, then convert the words on the page to fully searchable, editable, text on a screen. Also read: Best translation apps for iPhone ...

Open your document in Acrobat (available on macOS and Windows), go to Tools > Scan & OCR > Recognize Text. Once the text has been catalogued, go to Tools > Export PDF and export as an Excel file.

Adding a scanned document to Google Docs is even simpler. But before we get into that, here's what you need to know before sending the file. What file formats does Google Docs support?

To scan documents, open WhatsApp on your iPhone, go to the chat, click the plus (+) icon, select Document, and tap Scan Document. You can add up to 24 pages into a single document.

You can save time and energy if you scan and save a document directly to OneDrive. OneDrive document scanning feature explained.