Adobe Scan

Adobe Scan is an advanced text recognition and scanning application that will turn your Android smartphone or tablet into a high-resolution pocket scanner.

Document scanner and PDF format converter

Desktop scanners are now a thing of the past. In fact, thanks to smartphones and their increasingly powerful cameras, there are loads of apps capable of digitizing any document and converting it into different formats that we can work with, such as PDF or Word.

There are various applications that fulfill this function, but Adobe has just released its own version, which is one of the best alternatives and one of the most interesting document scanning apps. And the truth is that this function was already present in other apps from this developer, as in the case of Adobe Reader, but Adobe Scan is a standalone version that we can download completely free of charge.

Possibly the best app for scanning documents with your Android

This company has been at the forefront of digital documents for years, so you can bet this handheld scanner is packed with the most advanced technology available to the boys in California.

You just have to download the APK and sign in with your Adobe credentials to have the app running at full speed: automatic edge detection, automatic focus, digitization improvements... it can convert any text into a PDF file and use its content whenever you need it.

How does it work?

The way the app works is based on three principles:

1. Scan whatever you want with maximum precision thanks to edge detection and automatic focus. The type of document does not matter, because it can handle everything: invoices, notes, boards, prospectuses, business cards, magazines...
2. Enhance the scanned documents by cropping, rotating, adjusting color, selecting text...
3. Convert the scanned content to a high-quality PDF file, allowing you to switch from PDF to Word and other Microsoft Office formats.

What can this Adobe scanner do?

This scanner for smartphone or tablet can be used in different situations, be it in the home or in other more demanding areas, such as at work or for study. Any document can be scanned and reused later thanks to the high quality conversion it performs.

It is precisely this conversion to PDF that allows us to generate reusable content. You can even scan forms to fill them out. It's a very decent application that we can use in all kinds of contexts and that combines very well with the rest of the apps in the Adobe ecosystem thanks to the fact that it automatically saves documents to Document Cloud.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 5.0.