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Scanning documents with Android

How to scan documents and receipts with your Android phone.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Use the document scanning feature to create PDF or PNG documents in Jottacloud.

The document scanner is a great way to capture notes, receipts or whiteboard sessions to a shareable Jottacloud document.

Here is how it works:

  1. Open the Jottacloud app and navigate to the bottom of the Home section.

  2. Pressing the button Scan document will open up the camera.

  3. Point the camera towards the content you want to turn into a document.

  4. The camera detects the content, and you will see an overlay over the content, which indicates the part of the image that will be scanned.

  5. While the camera is still focusing on the overlay, it will ask you to hold the camera still so that it gets the most optimized image.

  6. Then it will take the picture automatically

The document scanner now creates a preview of the document. 

Adjust the document

To rotate the document, press the rotate button. This will rotate the document 90 degrees counterclockwise.

To adjust the edges or the readability of the document, press the adjust button.
You can grab the corners of the edge border outline to correct the perspective and boundaries of the document. 

You can also choose between three different document filters:

  • Color

  • Black & White

  • High-contrast filter

Saving the document

To save the document, press the top-right arrow. 

Provide a document file name and select the document file format (PDF or PNG).

Press Save to upload the document to Jottacloud.

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