Microsoft released another new standalone application on Thursday for the iOS platform dubbed Office Lens that allows users to scan documents, whiteboards, and several other forms of images, text, and graphics that can be saved locally as files to the user’s phone.
It can come in handy around the office when you’re in a meeting, or even in class during a lecture when you might want to copy down what’s on the board, but don’t want to spend the time writing it all down.
Office Lens supports exporting files that you take a picture of to different file types, such as PDF, Word files, PowerPoint files, and more. You can even e-mail those files to yourself, send them to your Microsoft OneDrive storage account, open them in the Microsoft OneNote application, or save them to your Photos application via your Camera Roll to view later.
More app features via the App Store description below:
Originally Posted by App StoreOffice Lens is like having a scanner in your pocket. Like magic, it will digitalize notes on whiteboards or blackboards. Always find important documents or business cards. Sketch your ideas and snap a picture for later. Don’t lose receipts or stray sticky notes again!
Scenarios:
– Capture and crop a picture of a whiteboard or blackboard and share your meeting notes with co-workers.
– Make digital copies of your printed documents, business cards, or posters and trim them precisely.
– Printed text will be automatically recognized (using OCR) so you can search for words in images and copy and edit them.
Features:
– With Whiteboard mode, Office Lens trims and cleans up glare and shadows.
– With Document mode, Office Lens trims and colors images perfectly.
– Pictures can be saved to OneNote, OneDrive, or your preferred cloud storage.
– Choose to convert images to Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), or PDF (.pdf) files that are automatically saved to OneDrive.
If you want to give the new application a try, you can head over to this App Store link to download it for free and get started today!