Adobe Scan: PDF Scanner, OCR

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4.7
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About this app

The Adobe Scan scanner app turns your device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to save to multiple file formats including PDF and JPEG.

The most intelligent scanner app. Scan anything — receipts, notes, documents, photos, business cards, whiteboards — with text you can reuse from each PDF and photo scan.

HOW IT WORKS
• With the Adobe Scan scanner app, you can make anything scannable.
• Use the PDF scanner to quickly create a photo scan or PDF scan.
• Scan any document and convert to PDF.

CAPTURE
• Scan anything with precision with this mobile PDF scanner.
• Advanced image technology automatically detects borders, sharpens scanned content, and recognizes text (OCR).

ENHANCE
• Touch up scans or photos from your camera roll.
• Whether it’s a PDF or photo scan, you can preview, reorder, crop, rotate, and adjust color.

CLEANUP UP YOUR SCANS
• Remove and edit imperfections, erase stains, marks, creases, even handwriting.

REUSE
• Turn your photo scan into a high-quality Adobe PDF that unlocks text through automated text recognition (OCR).
• Reuse text from each PDF scan thanks to OCR.

SCAN ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
• Capture forms, receipts, notes, and business cards with this mobile PDF scanner.
• The amazing new High-Speed Scan tool uses AI to bulk scan larger documents in seconds.

RECYCLE CONTENT
• The Adobe Scan PDF scanner makes any content scannable and reusable.
• Free, built-in optical character recognition (OCR) lets you reuse scanned text and content by creating a high-quality PDF you can work with in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader app.
• You can even turn Adobe Scan into a tax receipt scanner to highlight expenses with ease.

QUICKLY FIND DOCUMENTS IN PHOTO LIBRARY
• This powerful scanner app automatically finds documents and receipts in your photos and turns them into PDF scans, so you don't have to.
• Automatic OCR turns text into content you can edit, resize, and reuse in other documents.

SAVE BUSINESS CARDS TO CONTACTS
• Scan a business card and Adobe Scan turns into a fast business card scanner and reader.
• Contact information will be automatically extracted so you can quickly add to your device contacts — no typing needed.

GET MORE DONE ON THE GO
• Save each scan to Adobe Document Cloud for instant access and sharing.
• Even lengthy legal documents become manageable and scannable with the Adobe Scan scanner app, which lets you search, select, and copy text.
• You can also open a PDF scan in Acrobat Reader to highlight key sections, add comments, fill and sign.

IN-APP PURCHASE
Subscribe for even more scanning power. Subscriptions work across Scan and Reader mobile apps and Acrobat on the web.
• Combine scans into one file so you can take multiple scans and consolidate into one document.
• Export PDFs to Microsoft Word or PowerPoint file formats to integrate with your workflows.
• Increase OCR capacity from 25 to 100 pages so that you can find text in multiple scans.

Download the best free mobile scanner to convert photos and documents into PDF and JPEG files wherever you are. With OCR technology, you can easily digitalize books, business cards, and business receipts and access them via the Adobe Document Cloud. Adobe Scan is the PDF converter trusted by millions worldwide. Scan photos to high-quality PDFs or JPEGs and share easier than ever before.

Terms & Conditions:
Your use of this application is governed by the Adobe General Terms of Use http://www.adobe.com/go/terms_en and the Adobe Privacy Policy http://www.adobe.com/go/privacy_policy_en

Do Not Sell My Personal Information: www.adobe.com/go/ca-rights
Updated on
Nov 7, 2024
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Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App info and performance
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Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

4.7
2.79M reviews
Bridget Strusz
October 25, 2024
I love Adobe scan. Hands down its the best and easiest app I have used for scanning documents into PDF. The free version is good enough because all the things the premium version offers you can do by just exporting the pdf to your computer. It's good for books, paper size documents, ID's, business cards, etc. It let's you edit the image with lots of options like cropping, filters, or erasing. You can save to your phone, export it, and attach it to emails or text messages. No other apps compare.
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David Levy
September 27, 2024
Quality of text on the scan is barely readable. I tried many settings and filter without effect. Apparently it is widely reported online in the past few months but the issue has not been fixed yet (at least for me) My phone camera is good, the issue is in the app itself. Note that taking a picture with the camera app and importing it in adobe produces better results
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Adobe
October 10, 2024
Hi there! That shouldn't be happening! 😔Could you please share a test file with our developers at [email protected]? You can also contact our community of experts (https://adobe.ly/adobescancommunity) for better assistance. We will love to investigate what's not working for you and help resolve the issues. Thanks! 🙂 ^SS
Tracy Clark
September 26, 2024
The Adobe Scan app is so user friendly & very easy to use. I love that I can easily scan documents from my phone that actually look very professional like it was actually done with a scanner. When taking a picture I always think it looks too far away & think it won't look good but then Adobe does it's magic & makes the document look great and easy to read. I love that you don't have to pay for a subscription to use this app, but but can pay to use extra tools if you want. 5 star rating!!
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