Use your camera to scan paper documents to PDF.
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Gone are the days when you needed a bulky, expensive scanner sitting on your desk to digitize documents. With today's smartphone cameras offering high-resolution optics, your phone is a powerful scanning tool waiting to be used. Our Scan to PDF online tool bridges the gap between your camera and professional documents, allowing you to snap photos of paperwork and instantly convert them into a clean, multipage PDF file.
Whether you need to scan a receipt for expense reporting, digitize a signed contract, or save handwritten notes from a whiteboard, our tool makes the process seamless, fast, and completely free.
This tool utilizes your device's native capabilities. When you access this page on a mobile device (iOS or Android) and click the scan button, it triggers your camera app directly. You can take multiple photos in sequence. Once you submit them, our cloud servers process the images:
You might ask, "Why not just email the JPG photos?" Here is why professionals prefer PDF:
Follow these simple steps to digitize your paper world:
Place your document on a flat surface with good lighting. Try to have a contrasting background (e.g., white paper on a dark table) for the best visual results.
Click the camera icon on our tool. If you are on mobile, select "Take Photo." Snap a picture of each page you need. You can also select existing photos from your gallery if you took them earlier.
Once you've selected all your pages, click "Save as PDF." Our system will instantly merge them. You can then download the file or share it immediately.
Avoid using the flash if possible, as it creates glare on glossy paper. Natural daylight is best.
Blurry text is hard to read. Hold your phone steady or rest your elbows on the table while snapping the shot.
Get close enough so the document fills the screen, but keep the edges visible. This ensures the text is as high-resolution as possible.
We use HTTPS encryption for all uploads. Files are deleted automatically after processing. However, for highly classified government documents, offline local scanners are always recommended.
Yes! When you click the button, you can often select multiple photos from your gallery, or snap them one by one depending on your device's camera interface.
Yes. On a desktop, the button allows you to upload image files (JPG, PNG) from your hard drive to create a PDF, effectively acting as an "Image to PDF" converter.
Go paperless today. Tap the button above to start scanning!
