Microsoft Lens: Turning Your Phone Into A Scanner In Your Pocket

Like Magic, Microsoft Lens Makes Your Phone a Convenient Scanner

We’ve all needed to capture information and convert it into a digital file at some point in time. Like magic, this application makes it possible.

We’ve all been there before. After an hour-long brainstorming session, you need to capture everything in a way that can be edited or shared later on. A photo simply doesn’t cut it. Microsoft has a great solution that many people are unaware of: Microsoft lens. It’s a fantastic application that lets you turn your mobile device into a convenient scanner. You can capture information and turn it into a digital file within seconds.

How to download the application

Microsoft Lens is a few clicks away on your mobile device. Go to your app store, search for the app, then download and install onto your device:

• iOS
• Android

How does the application work?

Microsoft Lens uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to turn your mobile device into a portable scanner. It’s easy to use:

1. Snap a photo of the whiteboard, receipt, note, etc.
2. Rotate, crop or give it a sharper focus as needed
3. The image is automatically converted into a digital file
4. You can edit, share or save as needed

The images can be converted into the following:

• PDF files
• Word files
• PowerPoint files

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