Android Document Scanner

May 2, 2013 11:48 AM

What are your opinions on Portable Document Scanners for my Samsung Galaxy III phone? I am new to the Smartphone crowd and find the descriptions of the scanners available in Google Play lacking. I need to be able to scan old newspapers and other print media of similar quality. I am hoping for sufficient resolution to convert PDF scans to Word in ReadIris Pro 12.
posted by Raybun to Technology (6 answers total)

I have the Scanner Pro app for my iphone and love it. There is a charge for this app, but it is worth every penny. It is available in several platforms.
posted by JujuB at 12:13 PM on May 2, 2013

Response by poster: jujuB

Thanks for the reply, Scanner Pro seams to be Iphone only.
posted by Raybun at 1:08 PM on May 2, 2013

I have a Galaxy S3 as well, and I use CamScanner - I don't use it a lot, but it seems to get the job done...
posted by stenseng at 3:15 PM on May 2, 2013 [1 favorite]

I use CamScanner too, for namecards and printouts. It works well when camera stability and lighting are good, but I haven't tried converting PDF scans to Word yet. You could consider getting something like the ScanBox to assist in the process.
posted by hellopanda at 8:24 PM on May 2, 2013

Here's one that I use with my Galaxy S2: MDScan

It creates a PDF from the picture of the document that you take with the phone's camera.
posted by mbarryf at 5:07 AM on May 3, 2013

Nthing CamScanner. I got a free Paid version of the app from my .edu email address, YMMV of course.
posted by getawaysticks at 6:41 AM on May 6, 2013