[dayglored]

Folks, this is a freakin' AWESOME application. Microsoft did a superb job, and apparently decided that the app deserved to get wider usage by porting it to iOS and Android devices.

Tonight I saw an article about this in eWeek (http://www.eweek.com/mobile/microsoft-releases-ios-android-versions-of-its-office-lens-app.html and followed back to the Microsoft Blog post from a few days earlier, so that's what I'm posting here.

I just downloaded the app for my iPhone 5c and immediately started capturing snaps of everything I could find in my living room with text or graphics. Eventually I got back to doing this post...

I almost never post about apps -- there are a million apps, and a lot of them are wonderful. I won't bore you with all the details about what this app can do, but I encourage you to read the Blog post and/or the eWeek article and find out why this app is one of the most popular on the Windows Phone platform, and it will do similarly well on iPhones and Androids.

They say you can export the scan to OneNote -- that's true. But you can also export to Word, PowerPoint, OneDrive, PDF format doc, Email, or just store in your phone's Photo Library.

Seriously useful, and very well executed. Great stuff from Microsoft, and good on them for porting to iOS and Android.

[dayglored]

Great pocket scanner app from Microsoft available for iOS and Android ... PING!

Folks who have Windows computers but iPhone/Android phones can now get the scanner -> computer integration of the Office Lens.

[dayglored]

Hey guys, you may want to cross-post this to your lists, since it involves iPhone/iOS and Android devices.

[keat]

Been using CamScanner for years on my Android phones.

[skr]

Thank you for posting this.

[Defiant]

I’ll give it a try, but how is it better than the many scanner apps already on iOS, like ScannerPro, Documents, Genius Scan and DocScan, all of which I already have?

[Peter W. Kessler]

I’ve been using Genius Scan for two or three years with Android and iPhone.

Works great.

[Kirkwood]

Doesn’t sound like anything that isn’t already available. but I’ll give it a try if it is free.

[Swordmaker]

Microsoft is releasing Office Lens app for Windows Phone, one of their most popular free apps, for the iPhone and Android platforms. . . Thanks to DayGloRed for the invitation for a cross platform — PING!

Windows Office Lens released for Apple iOS Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[max americana]

My bud has the Windows Lumia phone and that is one killer app, she says. The one thing that pisses her off about the WP is that Google maps hates Windows.

[leapfrog0202]

bttt

[raybbr]

I had a windows phone and it had text scanning and language translation. It worked really well. I miss it.

[driftdiver]

Thanks for posting. The android version appears to be in testing so it’s not available for download unless you become a tester. Looks useful though.

[babygene]

bookmarked

[11th Commandment]

I can't find the app in the google store?

BTW, I switched from older window 7.5 to Android because I got a free phone. I like the features on Android which are now available on 8.1. I do not like the instability of Android. If I can find a phone that doesn't cost and arm and leg, I am back to windows...

[goodnesswins]

Bfl

[goodnesswins]

While I’m here...anyone have a good android app for scanning upc codes of foods? For inventory.

[Star Traveler]

For the iPhone users here ...

Office Lens by Microsoft Corporation
https://appsto.re/us/d92k6.i

There is NOT an iPad version, and it is NOT a “Universal” app, but as iPad users know, they can still use iPhone (only) apps, although it is awkward!

I would have thought that Microsoft would have had enough sense to, at least, make it a “Universal” app — and therefore usable for both iPhone and iPad!

[big'ol_freeper]

Microsoft would f-up a wet dream, so no...won’t be on any of my devices.