Mobile Scanning Apps For Ocr
- April 10, 2026
A process that allows users to have documents that weren’t originally detectable or considered flat, now be editable for features such as highlighting, note-taking, and Text-to-Speech. Learn more on OCR.
With the need of these features during remote learning, we’ve composed a list for all of CUNY to take advantage of. Some of these solutions strictly pertain to CUNY Faculty.
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<strong>Features</strong>
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<strong>For who?</strong>
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<strong>License Type</strong>
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<strong>Platforms</strong>
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<img src="http://cats.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/MS_Office_Lens_Logo2.jpg" width="120" height="71" alt=""><br>
<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-office-lens-pdf-scan/id975925059">
Office Lens</a>
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<li>Convert to PDF</li>
<li>Immersive Reader</li>
<li>Image pre-processing</li>
<li>ID scanning</li>
<li> text editor</li>
<li>camera scanner</li>
<li>Formats supported: PNG, JPEG,PDF</li>
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<strong>Faculty/Staff/Students – </strong>
All CUNY Faculty, Staff, and Students can get access to the premium version
by using your CUNYFirst login. This license is provided by the Microsoft 365 CUNY license.
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<strong>Free and Paid </strong>
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<strong>Android, iPhone and Windows desktops. </strong>
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<img src="http://cats.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/Adobe_scan.png" alt="" width="100" height="71" border="0">
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<a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/mobile/scanner-app.html">
Adobe Scan
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<strong>Camera scanner</strong>
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<strong>Color contrast changer</strong>
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<strong>Manual and auto cropping</strong>
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<strong>Open files from your local phone</strong>
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<strong>Formats supported: PNG, JPEG,PDF</strong>
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<strong><p>Faculty/Staff – </strong>
This is available for all CUNY faculty and
staff that have created an Adobe account with
their campus. Please contact your IT department
for information on accessing a license.
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Student - </strong> free version available with limited feature access.
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<strong>Free and Paid </strong>
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<strong>Android, iPhone</strong>
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<img src="http://cats.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/TextFairy-Copy.png" alt="" width="125" height="100" border="0">
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<a href="http://cats.cuny.edu/text-fairy/">
Text Fairy
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<strong>Camera scanner</strong>
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<strong>Text-to-Speech</strong>
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<strong>Convert OCR to text</strong>
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<strong>Google Translate</strong>
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<strong>Export to PDF </strong>
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<strong>Open files from your local phone</strong>
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<strong>Formats supported: PNG, JPEG,PDF</strong>
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<strong>Students, Faculty, and Staff.</strong>
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<strong>Free</strong>
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<strong>Android</strong>
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<img src="http://cats.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/ABBY_Finescanner.jpg" width="77" height="77" border="0">
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<a href="https://www.abbyy.com/products/mobile/finescanner-ai/en/">
ABBYY FineScanner AI
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<strong>Camera scanner</strong>
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<strong>Open files from your local phone</strong>
<strong></strong>
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<strong>Formats supported: PNG, JPEG,PDF</strong>
<strong></strong>
</li>
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<strong>
Students, Faculty, and Staff</strong>
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<strong>Free and Paid</strong>
<strong></strong>
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<strong>Android, iPhone</strong>
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<img src="http://cats.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/camscanner-logo.png" alt="A picture containing shirt
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<a href="https://www.camscanner.com/">
CamScanner
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<strong>Camera scanner</strong>
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<strong>Convert OCR to text</strong>
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<strong>Open files from your local phone</strong>
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Sync from Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box
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<strong>Formats supported: PNG, JPEG,PDF</strong>
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<strong>
Students,Faculty,and Staff.
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<strong>Free - </strong>limited feature access<br> <strong>Paid -</strong> monthly/yearly subscription. 10GB cloud storage, and more. <br>
Android, iOS, iPad
<a href="https://ocr.space/copyfish/#download">
Copyfish - Free OCR Software
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<strong>OCR images, videos from the web</strong>
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<strong>Desktop OCR screenshot available - extra software required</strong>
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Students ,Faculty, Staff.
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<strong>Free -</strong> primary features available<br><strong> Paid -</strong> Pro features like Google Translate and better OCR<br>
<a href="https://ocr.space/copyfish/#pro">Visit Copyfish Pricing</a> <strong></strong>
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<strong>Browser extension- </strong>
Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge
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<strong>Desktop – </strong>
Windows, Mac, Linux
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<a href="https://ocr.space/">OCRSpace</a>
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<strong>Upload supports PDF,PNG,JPG</strong>
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<strong>Students, Faculty, Staff </strong>
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<strong>Free and Paid </strong>
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<strong>Website - </strong>
Supports all browsers
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