What's New

- Fixed crash upon launch in iOS 17.2 for some users.

App Description

Scan paper documents, labels, signs with the camera and recognize text. Listen using built-in text-to-speech. Save and export. Unlimited use: no subscriptions or additional charges.

State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor lighting conditions. Works entirely on device: No need for internet and your data stays private.

Recognizes text in the following languages: Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.

ScanTone, a sound that represents the amount of recognizable text in the camera's field of view in real time. It uses artificial intelligence to analyze the live feed from the camera for text, angle, rotation, and document edges.

Exports scans as plain text or accessible PDF with embedded text. Works with Voice Dream Reader, our full-featured text-to-speech reader. Sends scanned documents directly to Reader.

Detailed Feature List

Scanning
- ScanTone
- Live edges/crop detection
- Flashlight
- Batch mode for scanning multiple pages quickly
- Intelligent auto capture

Image
- Automatic edge detection for stretching and cropping
- Manually cropping
- Automatic orientation detection and rotation
- Manual image rotation
- Automatic image enhancement

OCR
- Fast: about a second on the latest iPhone
- Offline: does not require Internet connection
- Private: image and text stay on device
- Automatic language detection
- Option to see image or recognized text

Text To Speech
- Choose from 61 voices
- Premium voices in Voice Dream Reader available
- Change speech rate
- Option to start reading as soon as OCR is complete
- Spoken word is highlighted in the text or the image
- Rewind and fast forward by text section (VoiceOver users only)
- Double tap on text to start reading from there

Import and Export
- Load from Photo Library
- Share extension for sending images to Scanner from another app
- Export plain text
- Export PDF with text layer under the image so that it's accessible, searchable and selectable
- Export to Voice Dream Reader

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • March 31, 2019 Initial release
  • April 02, 2019 New version 1.0.1
  • June 14, 2019 New version 1.2.0
  • June 15, 2019 New version 1.2.1
  • July 03, 2019 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $3.99
  • August 17, 2019 Price increase: $3.99 -> $5.99
  • October 15, 2019 New version 1.3.0
  • October 29, 2019 New version 1.3.1
  • November 05, 2019 New version 1.3.2
  • November 19, 2019 New version 1.3.3
  • December 24, 2019 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $2.99
  • December 31, 2019 Price increase: $2.99 -> $3.99
  • January 14, 2020 Price increase: $3.99 -> $5.99
  • July 15, 2020 New version 1.3.4
  • October 23, 2020 New version 1.3.5
  • August 06, 2021 New version 1.3.7
  • October 04, 2023 New version 2.0.3
  • October 04, 2023 Price increase: $5.99 -> $9.99
  • March 27, 2024 New version 2.0.4
  • March 27, 2024 Price increase: $9.99 -> $14.99

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