Scanning documents with your phone

 

I was working with a student this week who needed to sign a document and send it back to me.  She did not have a scanner and did not know what to do.  The answer? Scan it with your phone!

Using your phone to scan documents can be helpful when you need to sign and email documents, but I also use it in the library to scan pages from books that I have quotes I want to use in my research, reference lists I want to follow up on from articles I like, non-research/at-home uses, etc.

There are many scanning apps for your phone. If you are not familiar with scanning apps, here is a short (2:41) video to show you what it's like! This demo shows the scanning app I use most often, Genius Scan, but it is similar with any scanning app!

Wait! How did Robin screencast on her phone? Check out how to do it on Apple and Android phones.

(full disclosure: I used a video editing program to add the boxes and highlights to the video after I screencasted it.)

How might you use your phone for a scanner-on-the-go?