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This post explains how to use Genius Scan to easily scan documents with your phone to create a PDF. There are many apps for smart phones that allow the camera to act as a scanner for your documents, but one of the easiest is Genius Scan.
What is Genius Scan?
Genius scan is a free app that uses your phones camera to digitize documents for storage and sharing.
It can be either single page or multi page, and can then be saved to phone or sent wherever needed.
More information about Genius Scan can be found at The Grizzly Labs Website.
How to get it
To get the app, first, open the AppStore on an iPhone or the Google Play Store on an Android. (iPhone AppStore shown here)
Click in the search box and type “Genius Scan”
Click on Get, which will be where the “open” button is on our examples above. This will download the app to your phone.
Once downloaded locate the app icon and press it, or hit the open button from within the App/Play store.
How to use it
The first screen will show any saved scanned documents you have, so the first time you open it will look like this.
Hit the orange scan button to scan your first document. After you have done one, it will look like an orange + sign.
The first time you scan, Genius Scan will request permission to use your camera. This is required. Click on OK.
When the camera detects the outline of the document, an orange box appears around the edges of the page. Once lined up use the middle bottom to snap a scan of the document.
Once saved the camera will be ready to scan another page using the orange + button.
Saving and Sharing
Once the image is processed it is saved on the phone and is accessible in the app and in the phones files. Send a saved document by selecting the export option on the bottom right of the documents menu. Hit the back arrow to return to the scanning page.
If you’re interested in scanning photographs, head over to our blog post How to Scan Photos With Your Phone Using PhotoScan!
If you have specific questions about how to scan documents with your phone using Genius Scan, or if our terminology isn’t clear, please use our contact form to send us a message, or give us a call and make an appointment.
