Monday, August 9, 2010

A Little Gift for your iPhone -- Genius Scan (App Review)

Winny App Review: Genius Scan for iPhone





To my iPhone people:
I ran across this little gem of an app last night. It's basically like having a Mobile Scanner in your pocket. If you've ever needed to scan a document on the go this is the app for you.

For example, let's say you're out with a group and there's only one receipt and multiple people want a copy of the receipt. No problem. Pull out your trusty iPhone, open Genius Scan, take a pic of the receipt. The App detects the edges of the document. You approve the 'crop area', then choose if you want a color or black and white scan. From this point, locally on your iPhone, a file is saved. You can email immediately, a .jpg file of your scanned document.

Now, you might be saying to yourself, how is this different than just taking a picture of a receipt. Well, first, the crop function repositions the document and corrects the angle so your entire document feels like it went through a desktop scanner. No frivolous items in the background, just the document. Second, what makes this app a keeper is you can navigate to the file list, select the document you scanned, and choose to email the file as a .pdf. Which means no alteration. That document is frozen in time for whatever use you need. This is one of those Apps that you may or may not use everyday, but is an easy and efficient way to expand the utility of your iPhone.



This app is: Winny Recommended

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