Comment by miles

Comment by miles 3 days ago

Thanks so much for crafting and sharing this app. Was just chatting with a friend about scanning via Notes[1], which is a little clunky for quickly and seamlessly sharing a scan.

A few feature suggestions:

* Allow setting default color mode (having to switch manually to B&W every time adds another step)

* Allow setting setting type (PDF, JPG, TXT) and size (Original, Medium, Small) in Sharing Options à la Scanner Pro[2]

* Allow sharing immediately after scanning rather than first having to tap Save then opening the image again

[1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/108963

[2] https://readdle.com/scannerpro

chazeon 2 days ago

You can actually directly scan in the Files app from the triple dots menu in the upper right corner, this will allow you to directly scan as a PDF file.

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toomuchtodo 2 days ago

I love Apple, but this is so Apple: hidden powerful functionality you'll only know about through word of mouth or intentional exploration in the UI.

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- criddell 2 days ago
  
  It’s also documented in the iPhone User Guide.
  You can get it through Books or on the web:
  https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iphf2746307f/18...
  
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  minkles 2 days ago
  
  No one reads the manuals these days.
  Apart from me apparently.
  
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  elashri 2 days ago
  
  I work mainly with undocumented stuff. That taught me to appreciate when there is manuals and documentation for anything and I read them. I don't watch YouTube videos, I read the manual. Of course until I can't figure it out and then still look into YouTube anyway.
  
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- loloquwowndueo 2 days ago
  
  Exploring the UI is a perfectly valid method of discovering functionality. What’s the alternative? The phone interrupting you every 2 steps saying hey by the way, you can also do this and this from here?
  
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  jagged-chisel 2 days ago
  
  Valid, yes. But this should never be the sole method of discovery.
  Good UX provides clues to discovering additional functionality without intruding on the user.
  What’s the alternative? That’s a question for a UX team - something Apple can certainly afford.
  
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  toomuchtodo 2 days ago
  
  Now, I’ll probably ask Siri. “How can I scan a document with native iOS functionality?” Hopefully I get the right answer back from the LLM!
  (Admittedly, I have never read the manual for any iPhone I’ve owned; mea culpa)
  
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  mrbombastic 2 days ago
  
  It also shows up as a shortcut in spotlight if you search for “Scan Document”
  
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- Obscurity4340 2 days ago
  
  Same with number-range call blocking. Gotta pay $4 but it saves you from scammers and other serial callers
  
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- marcellus23 2 days ago
  
  ...or the manual.
  
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manmal 2 days ago

And you can scan to any cloud provider that integrates with Files that way. Dropbox etc

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nialse 2 days ago

Mind blown. Thanks for telling me about this gem.

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wrs 2 days ago

With an iPad, just open Camera. If it sees a piece of paper, you’ll get a yellow Scan Document button without doing anything.

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lobochrome 2 days ago

And you can use the Shortcuts app to create a home screen shortcut for it.

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- treetalker 2 days ago
  
  You can long-press the Files icon and access it from the iOS context menu too!
  
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cromka 2 days ago

Also worth noting is that if you have a Mac, you can do the same from its Finder and a right click menu.

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terraplura 2 days ago

Came here to say the same. I wonder how this app compares. One perk this app provides is you have a button to press from your home screen. With the native feature, you could set up an Apple shortcut to start scanning a document and create a button on your home screen.

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zamadatix 3 days ago

Apart from being clunky Apple's Notes app has some just... odd limitations. E.g. you can only scan 24 pages in a note, because reasons?

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