Adobe Scan: PDF Scanner, OCR

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4.7
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USK: All ages
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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 files 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 Adobe Scan scanner app even lets you scan multi-page documents and save with a single tap.

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 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 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
Jan 7, 2025
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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
This app may collect these data types
Personal info and App activity
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
2.81M reviews
Denitsa Harizanova
December 11, 2023
I've been using this app for two years now and was very satisfied with it and the quality of the pictures, but recently it started making problems for me, the screen turning black and just flashing short glimpses of the document I wanted to take a picture of. I had to uninstall and install the app again, which shortly solved the problem. Now it's happening again and it's practically making the app unusable for me, which is a shame. Super useful otherwise.
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Adobe
December 29, 2023
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 (community link) for better assistance. We will love to investigate what's not working for you and help resolve the issues. Thanks! 🙂 ^SS
A Google user
September 19, 2018
Mixed feelings Good: Page order can be changed. Decent OCR recognition. Stretching and squeing works well. Bad: Cant check what text has been recognized, can't edit wrongly recognized text. Default date in file name should be customizable or in ISO style. Forced to use Adobe cloud, can't even find files on mobile device in the usual suspect locations. No clear description how and where to get the files on the cloud. Cannot use another PDF viewer on mobile device to look at files.
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Adobe
January 22, 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. We understand your concerns regarding the lack of text editing and file management options in the app. We appreciate your suggestions and will take them into consideration for future updates.
Folco Nolte
June 19, 2022
It's a while ago I had quickly deinstalled this app again because it would work only with internet connection. Storing of scans was only possible in the cloud. Both issues have been solved. Great! I'm still exploring the functionality of the app and will revise when I'm 100% satisfied. ****** Edited: Can't work out how OCR works. Has anyone any suggestions?
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