There are now several apps for Android and iPhone that turn the camera into a scanner, complete with OCR. However, to get the best results the camera needs to stay steady, which is hard to do holding ...

Photographers may be interested in a new project launched by the Indiegogo crowdfunding website this week for the VALOI easy35 camera negative scanner. The VALOI easy35 has been specifically created ...

Want to scan something but don't have a scanner handy? A recently updated Mac app called Prizmo can help you make scans using your digital camera. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior Writer Josh Lowensohn ...

People use their smartphones to take snaps of documents and boardroom or classroom whiteboards treating the phone like a scanner. StandScan wants to help users produce better quality document “scans” ...

It’s a bit of a truism that bigger sensors lead to better pictures when it comes to photography. Of course everyone who isn’t a photographer knows that moar megapixles is moar better. So, when ...

How to use the Camera app on your Chromebook as a scanner Your email has been sent You can easily scan a document or QR code on Chrome OS with built-in device cameras and the Camera app. This ...

Last week, we told you about the home-made scanner camera featured at Make magazine. Three weeks ago, we kicked up a bit of controversy when we told you to throw away your old scanner. Today, we take ...