Scanning and OCR

Genius Scan scans documents and emails them as JPEG or PDF files. It can send the files to Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Evernote, Google Docs, and others. The app does not make the text editable.

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To use this app, users take a picture with the app and send it to their email. In the email body, the text will be extracted from the image and a copy of the original photo will be attached. This app was designed for the iPhone.

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JotNot Scanner scans multipage documents, receipts, whiteboards, business cards and notes into digital format. It has black and white, inverted color and other color options but it does not make the text editable.

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This keyboard app uses word prediction to suggest words you want to type. The app bases the words it suggests on the progression of the sentence and what it thinks you want to write, and by learning what words you use most often. The messages are written in the app and can be sent via email, SMS, link, or memo. This app was designed for the iPhone.

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The app scans images in your photo library and OCRs it to convert the scanned images to editable text (that can be edited by the user).

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This app allows you to take a picture of text and immediately edit or translate it. The text can be shared via e-mail or SMS, or posted directly to your Facebook, Twitter, and Evernote account. Other features include accurate Internet-free optical character recognition in more than 60 languages (i.e., English, German, French, Spanish), instant translation from more than 40 languages (Internet connection required), a ”history” folder where all captured texts are backed up and can easily be found at any time.

Details on TextGrabber – image to text app: copy recipe from a cookbook, scan QR code, capture text on photo and send to translator

TurboScan allows users to take a picture of a document or select from the device’s photo album, and send it as a PDF or JPEG. The free version allows the user to pick the brightness of the scanned document and the document colour, such as black and white, colour, and photo.

Details on TurboScan Free: document & receipt scanner – scan multiple pages and photos to PDF