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Adobe Unveils 'Adobe Scan' Optical Character Recognition App

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Adobe today announced the launch of Adobe Scan, a new Optical Character Recognition (OCR) app that's able to scan documents and convert printed text into digital text in a matter of seconds.

Unlike most OCR apps on the market, Adobe Scan is free to use, with no watermarks or page limits, and it's optimized for capturing multi-page documents.

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The app works by capturing a picture of what a user wants to scan, from notes and forms to receipts and business cards. Adobe Scan detects the edges of a document, captures and cleans the image, fixes perspective, removes shadows, and then uses image recognition to detect and convert printed text.

Scans are converted into Adobe PDFs that can be searched, highlighted, copied, edited, marked up, and shared with other users.

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"Adobe Scan represents a radical reimagination of how to capture your most important document content," said Bryan Lamkin, executive vice president and general manager, Digital Media at Adobe. "Adobe invented PDF creation for PCs, and with Adobe Scan we're doing the same for a mobile-first world. As part of Adobe Document Cloud, new apps like Adobe Scan integrate with services in Adobe Sign andAcrobat DC, offering a modern document experience with unprecedented value to our customers."
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Adobe Scan is powered by the company's Adobe Sensei image processing technology. Scans captured by the app are stored in the Adobe Document Cloud, also free to use, and are accessible across desktop and mobile devices, and it works with Acrobat DC and Adobe Sign.

Adobe Sign is also gaining new features, including cloud-based digital signatures, cross-device signature capture, customizable email templates, and more.

Adobe Scan is available for download starting today on iOS and Android devices. [Direct Link]

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Jacquesvw said:
Just tried it and it sucks like the rest of these document scanning apps.
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lol... I did NOT try it yet... but I use Scanner Pro by Readdle at the moment (for the last few years actually) and it is totally awesome. Worth every penny. I actually scanned entire books with it in a matter of minutes...


Adobe though... well... I just read this... which is a major turn off:

"IN-APP PURCHASE DETAILS
If you want to do more with your scans, you have the option of purchasing a PDF Pack subscription for US$9.99/month (includes Export PDF)."
 
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TheralSadurns said:
lol... I did NOT try it yet... but I use Scanner Pro by Readdle at the moment (for the last few years actually) and it is totally awesome. Worth every penny. I actually scanned entire books with it in a matter of minutes...
Adobe though... well... I just read this... which is a major turn off:

"IN-APP PURCHASE DETAILS
If you want to do more with your scans, you have the option of purchasing a PDF Pack subscription for US$9.99/month (includes Export PDF)."
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If this works well, a very useful option, but why again that pesky subscription model for any additional features beyond the barebones App? Will give ScannerPro a try, they appear to have just two 'Fax option packs' available at a very modest (one-time) nominal fee.
 
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Where exactly is the 'ocr button'?

For me the app just converts a pic into a PDF without a functionality of extracting any text?

Apparently one has to send the PDF to one's email address to copy the text from the PDF.

Not very convenient it seems.
 
goshya said:
Where exactly is the 'ocr button'?

For me the app just converts a pic into a PDF without a functionality of extracting any text?

Apparently one has to send the PDF to one's email address to copy the text from the PDF.

Not very convenient it seems.
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Really?
They can't be that stupid...
 
I migrated from Scanner Pro to Scanbot. Didn't try this app yet, but I have a hard time believing it's better than the competition.
 
I pulls out the text from the doc, but you can not edit the text. You can search for a word, or copy the text. This really limits the value of the app.
 
Scanner Pro is great for capturing documents, but it's OCR is a bit rubbish. What do folks find as the best OCR app on iOS?
 
TheralSadurns said:
lol... I did NOT try it yet... but I use Scanner Pro by Readdle at the moment (for the last few years actually) and it is totally awesome. Worth every penny. I actually scanned entire books with it in a matter of minutes...


Adobe though... well... I just read this... which is a major turn off:

"IN-APP PURCHASE DETAILS
If you want to do more with your scans, you have the option of purchasing a PDF Pack subscription for US$9.99/month (includes Export PDF)."
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I second Scanner Pro. I think I got it free way back when but as far as needed to scan documents on your phone it works well.
 
Funny how the app description description says Offers In-App Purchases. There must be a catch on this.
 

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TheralSadurns said:
lol... I did NOT try it yet... but I use Scanner Pro by Readdle at the moment (for the last few years actually) and it is totally awesome. Worth every penny. I actually scanned entire books with it in a matter of minutes...
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I'm using the same app also nearly every day at work... I've stopped using our office scanner because Scanner Pro works so well.
I've also bought PDF Expert and Printer Pro from Readdle...
you can edit PDF with PDF Expert... and Printer Pro helps me to print my document on my printer not compatible with AirPrint.
 
Susurs said:
Why is an account necessary if it is free
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Everyone these days wants you locked into their ecosystem.

The other problem is that Apple does not allow applications to easily share data in the closed garden that is iOS. Apple's iCloud sucks for sharing outside of the family. So Adobe cloud is their only reasonable choice.

This is exactly why iOS is a damaged sharing platform. Each app vendor has to have their own sharing portal. Wonder when we will have an app to help us select and managed all of the cloud accounts we will need for sharing world wide. ;)
 
nt5672 said:
Everyone these days wants you locked into their ecosystem.

The other problem is that Apple does not allow applications to easily share data in the closed garden that is iOS. Apple's iCloud sucks for sharing outside of the family. So Adobe cloud is their only reasonable choice.
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Why is it their only reasonable choice? I have many apps that let me save to DropBox or Box or other cloud storage services.
 
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I still use Scannable from Evernote. No account necessary, auto-finds the document, simple export of PDF to Dropbox, email, iMessage, etc. Adobe wants $10 a month to let you export to PDF, umm no.
 
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