{"id":70397,"date":"2014-08-05T19:54:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T17:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=70397"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:33:43","slug":"office-lens-scans-your-documents-with-your-windows-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/office-lens-scans-your-documents-with-your-windows-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Office Lens scans your documents using your Windows Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you ever wanted to scan something on the go, Office Lens<\/a> can help you. The app, developed by Microsoft, turns your Windows Phone<\/a> into a scanner. Take a picture of a document and the app will analyze and flatten<\/strong> the image to make it easy to read.<\/p>\n

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Today, Microsoft updated the app with better document clean up<\/strong> and the ability to pick where you want to save in OneNote<\/strong> (Android<\/a> | iPad<\/a> | iPhone<\/a> |\u00a0Mac<\/a> | Windows<\/a> | Windows 8<\/a>). The app is now smarter at cleaning up your documents and can turn a scanned receipt into grayscale, making it easier to read.<\/p>\n

One glaring omission still missing from Office Lens is optical character recognition<\/strong>, also known as OCR. This handy feature analyzes text so you can copy and search for words within a document. However, OneNote for Windows does include an OCR feature so you’ll have to use your PC to look up scanned text. Hopefully Microsoft builds this into the app next.<\/p>\n

OneNote users on iOS and Windows 8 already have this feature built into the app. Use the camera button to take a picture and the image will be added to your notes.<\/p>\n

Download Office Lens for Windows Phone<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: Office Blogs<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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