Google is about to integrate its Lens image recognition tool into its Gboard mobile keyboard. Thanks to the Scan Text function, you'll be able to scan a document and retrieve the text it contains.

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Scanning documents on Android phones typically requires specific apps. However, if you use the Files by Google app on your device, you can now scan documents right within the app. In addition, you can ...

Google’s Gboard is one of the most popular digital keyboards on Android, and it comes with a ton of amazing features. Well, the company is testing a new feature that will allow you to scan and insert ...

Gboard now offers a Scan Text feature, allowing you to copy text from the real world. This is effectively a stripped-back version of Google Lens’s optical character recognition smarts. Gboard’s ...

If you're an iPhone user, you probably didn't know that Google Drive has a fairly usable, built-in document scanning feature. Now, the feature's got even better. According to Google, the scanner now ...

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While most of our world is digital, the need to scan paper documents – from textbook pages and tax receipts to important paperwork – remains. For those using Google Drive, there's a convenient ...

Google has tweaked the functionality of Android’s document scanning feature by automatically enabling the enhancement effect. If you’re not satisfied with the result, you can remove it with a simple ...

Want a Microsoft Lens alternative? 5 scanning apps you can try today ...