Sometimes we need to scan documents and we have to make use of the computer that you could save depending on whether you have a model from Samsung's Galaxy line. The device does it without installing any application, so you will even save yourself from downloading a tool on your phone.
The Samsung Galaxy have a scanner as a hidden app which will be quite useful to us on a day-to-day basis if you have to scan a piece of paper to send it by email. You have precisely to do a few steps and make a copy of that information sheet to clone it with your camera.
How to scan documents with a Samsung Galaxy
The tool is integrated into the One UI layer, from 2 onwards you can use it, if you have a previous one you may not get to it. The scan can be carried out on folios, letters, invoice papers, documents and even photographs if you want.
To activate it, follow the following steps to reach the scanner of your Samsung Galaxy:
- Open the camera of your Samsung Galaxy device
- Click on the gear icon to go to your camera settings and click on Scene Optimizer
- Already within the Scene Optimizer menu and check that it is activated
- Now activate the Scan document options and you will be able to make use of it
Once you have activated the option now, what you need to do is open the camera again, focus directly on the paper or document you want to scan and click on the screen to start scanning. It will show you a yellow frame once you click on it.
The scanner usually automatically detects the document that is, so it will adjust each thing and pass it to the phone and then send it to the place we want. The function is available from One UI 2.0 onwards, also the latest One UI 2.5 enjoy this function.
Scan Shot: Scan documents
Una perfect application for scanning any document that you have on hand and Using the camera is Scan Shot, which focuses on creating a PDF from an image. It usually works quite well on any phone, also on the Samsung Galaxy in models with Android higher than version 5.0, in addition to needing a halfway decent camera in order to capture the image clearly, which is ultimately what you are looking for. .
You only need a little to work with it, give permission for the camera and storage, the first to use the main rear sensor, but you can also use the front one. Otherwise, This usually saves images in the gallery, although this is changeable, since it has a folder where they usually end up.
In order to do a safe and fast scan, dYou need to do the following with Scan Shot: Scan documents:
- The first thing will be to download the application on your device (box below)
- Hit "Continue" three times and remove the banner with the "X"
- You have several options in scanning, "Scan document", "Scan book", "Scan ID" and several others, including the QR code that you see at a stop, bar or specific place, in our we are going to want to scan a document
- Grant the permissions, the one that says "Allow ScanShot to take photos and record videos", click "While using the application"
- Leave the “Document” option and put this below and point to it, click the capture button and wait for it to convert it to the desired format, choose the PDF
- Hit "Save" and that's it, it's that easy to scan a document
TapScanner, the best document scanner
Right now it is among the best scanners on the market, being a lightweight application, and it does not require having the latest version of Android, it works from version 4.0 onwards. TapScanner is an interesting app because it usually scans more than documents your own, photos, create various formats other than PDF and more.
Once you have the result, it allows you to share it through applications such as WhatsApp or email, it has shortcuts for this. It has the option of scanning the DNI in case you need to send it to an official body, your bank or whatever you want to do in your daily life, all with professionalism.
Using this utility will be simple, similar to the previous one, you just have to do these steps:
- Download the app on your device firstYou have the link specifically below
- After installing, it will ask you to use the camera when opening any action, while storage will also be required on your device
- After this, click "Scan document" and face the camera that thing, it can be a paper, book or something that you want to convert to an image, then you have the option to convert this to PDF and image format (several eligible)
- Click on "Save" once you finish and choose the place where it will end up, by default it goes to "Downloads", being seen by the "Gallery" of your phone, it can be moved if you want to another place
With iScanner
A tool Well rated within the Google Play store for scanning in general is iScanner, which is usually fast in this function. One recommendation is that once you open it, grant the three permissions that it will ask you to run, using the camera as the main element, otherwise it works similar to the previous ones.
One of the important values of this tool is the editing of the projects you save, in case you want a text in it to appear with greater visibility, change it completely, among other changes. It is an interesting editor, you can upload images, any text, add stickers and other elements.
It is a free app, with some small advertising banner to survive and it already exceeds 10 million downloads in the Play Store. The overall rating is 4,4 stars, with many really important and valuable functions for the general user.
