There are two scanning modes, the default auto scanning mode, and a manual mode. It is possible for users to choose the format under which the images are stored. The images are stored in a holding folder on the phone, from which the images can be transferred to Evernote, or deleted. The star feature is a scanner, that intelligently identifies the kind of document, rotates it, crops it, adjust brightness and contrasts settings automatically. Evernote just obliged its Android users with a few of the features released on the droid version of the app. Scannable is a free app on the App Store that scans documents intelligently, and processes the acquired data. However, if you click “Send”, then “Share” you can save to your Dropbox account or any other iOS compatible storage solution.įor more information on how to use Evernote to improve your productivity we have several Evernote tutorials on iMedicalApps.Users of the Android version of Evernote were clamouring for a droid release of the iOS exclusive application, Scannable. While you can still export the documents out as PDFs into other apps, such as Dropbox, it takes an extra second now (understandably Evernote wants to encourage you to store the items in Evernote itself). Initially Evernote made it very easy to export out the images to PDF form or into other cloud storage areas if you didn’t want to store the documents in Evernote.
The scanning app’s algorithm automatically zooms in on the documents you present and converts them into scanned files.
I’ve found it to be faster and quicker to use than traditional scanning apps. Scannable is by Evernote and is a must have for copying documents quickly. I used Scanner Pro for several years until I discovered a far better app - Scannable. When you search for “Scanner” on the iOS store several result, with Scanner Pro 7 being the first result. There are a ton of apps out there that will scan documents using your phone, but few are actually good. If you didn’t know it already - your iPhone’s camera can be utilized to scan documents quickly and easily. One of my old school physician mentors still gives out one page summaries of key pathology he has summarized over the past 30 plus years he has practiced medicine. This is becoming less frequent in the digital age but is still commonly experienced. When you’re listening to a medical lecture or at a medical conference presenters will often hand out documents with summaries of the content they are discussing. This is a continuation in our series of MD Tech Tips - Technology tips to help physicians improve their craft.
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