Need to Scan Important Documents? Use Your iPhone's Hidden Scanner
Key takeaways
- If you need to scan and sign official documents, whether it's a legal document or you've gotten an extension on filing your taxes, a big scanner is always preferable.
- When you just have to put your signature on a sheet of paper but don't have a standalone scanner handy, the easiest way is right in your pocket: Just use your i Phone to turn images shot on its camera into PDFs.
- Yes, your i Phone doubles as a document scanner.
If you need to scan and sign official documents, whether it's a legal document or you've gotten an extension on filing your taxes, a big scanner is always preferable. Yet what if you just need to quickly sign and scan a few physical versions of your official papers?
When you just have to put your signature on a sheet of paper but don't have a standalone scanner handy, the easiest way is right in your pocket: Just use your i Phone to turn images shot on its camera into PDFs.
Yes, your i Phone doubles as a document scanner. It may not produce images as sharp as a dedicated scanner would, but it does a respectable job, even when the phone is positioned at odd angles, trying to capture text. iPhones have had this hidden feature since iOS 11 launched in 2017, but as the cameras built into Apple phones have improved, so has their ability to take decent scans of documents and turn them into PDFs you can email.