Is there an app to scan documents using the iPad rear camera ?
I want to be able to scan a document and save it as a PDF to be able to email.
OCR would be nice too.
How can I scan multiply pages and save them as One PDF file ?
If you have iOS 11 or later, the Notes App can do that, and its actually very good at it. No OCR however, but it does save multiple scans as a single PDF. Maximum 25 pages if I remember correctly.
See the "Scan a document" section here: Use Notes on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Do note, that for the Scan option to be available, the note needs to be created in the "iCloud" or "On My iPad" groups.
If you have iOS 11 or later, the Notes App can do that, and its actually very good at it. No OCR however, but it does save multiple scans as a single PDF. Maximum 25 pages if I remember correctly.
See the "Scan a document" section here: Use Notes on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Do note, that for the Scan option to be available, the note needs to be created in the "iCloud" or "On My iPad" groups.
There is a large number of such apps in the App Store. Some are free but for more advanced features like editable PDF creation or OCR you’d need one of the for -fee apps.
The one I use is Scanner Pro by Readdle Inc.
I can give a thumbs up for Scanner Pro. I use it quite a bit every day at work. I really like it. You can scan multiple pages and create one pdf. You can scan as b/w or color documents, color photo and grayscale photo as well. It also has a built in fax feature. I don’t use it. I believe that it comes with a charge in order to fax.
Any Apps in the App store are by definition approved by Apple. Apple verifies all apps submitted to the app store for compliance with there terms.
You can use the default built-in Notes App to create the PDFs, and then use one of the third party apps for the OCR portion, or just get a third party app for both steps. It doesn't really matter.
If you search the App Store for “OCR” you will get many hits. Then you can web search for hands on reviews of the ones that seem well rated. Along with Scanner Pro, Scanbot Pro, CamScanner and a couple of others seem to be the best regarded ones.
I use Scanner Pro as it meets my needs and it was at one time free as an App for the day or some short time free download.
There is no Native app that does OCR, however as mentioned by Michael above, their are plenty 3rd party apps that do that.
For example: Adobe Scan: Document Scanner on the App Store
Is there an app on the iPad that can OCR a PDF document ?
IOS ver 12.3.1
I have Genius Scan which seems to work pretty well.
Yeah, I just want to know how it’s done on the iPad and If apple has provided such an app built-in to ISO or if I have to purchase an app and if so which one works best and easiest.
Scanner Pro has built-in OCR. As to which pro scanning app works best or easiest, I cannot say as I have no experience with all of them. Maybe search online for any comparative reviews?
Does the “scanner pro” app allow you to scan multiple pages and save them as one PDF file ?
Thanks, I just want to know what works best and easiest before I go an buy a bunch of scanner apps that won’t do what I need.
Scanning docs with iPad ?
