Is there a quick way to photograph a document with the Mac's built in camera?

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This seems like a question I should already know.

I want to take a quick photo of a receipt on my MacBook Air's built in camera. It doesn't have to be a high-quality photo--just readable.

I opened up a number of apps--ones that came on my MBA and those I've added--and I don't see anything that will do this.

I really don't want to buy a new app. Does anyone know a way to do this with any of Lion's pre-loaded apps?

Posted on Feb 25, 2012 8:37 AM

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Answer 1

Photo Booth should work for you.

One thing the image will be flipped left to right so you'll need to open it in Preview (or something similar) to flip it right to left.

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Answer 2

That worked. Honestly, I never use PhotoBooth, so I didn't think about. I'm surprised the Image Capture app won't do it.

Interestingly, PhotoBooth made a mirror image of the receipt, but fortunately, there was a command to flip the image.

Thanks for your help.

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