Office Lens

‪Microsoft Corporation‬

Office Lens trims, enhances, and makes pictures of whiteboards and docs readable. You can use Office Lens to convert images to PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, and you can even save images to OneNote or OneDrive. Office Lens is like having a scanner in your pocket. Like magic, it will digitize notes from whiteboards or blackboards. Always find important documents or business cards. Sketch your ideas and snap a picture for later. Don't lose receipts or stray sticky notes again! By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions: http://aka.ms/olenswindowsterms. Scenarios: - Capture and crop a picture of a whiteboard or blackboard and share your meeting notes with co-workers. - Make digital copies of your printed documents, business cards, or posters and trim them precisely. - Printed and handwritten text will be automatically recognized (using OCR), so you can search for words in images and then copy and edit them.

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Office Lens

Free

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Available on

HoloLens

PC Mobile device

Surface Hub

Description

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What’s new in this version

- Office Lens can even crop images of curved items or folded papers. - Bug fixes

Features

With Whiteboard mode, Office Lens trims and cleans up glare and shadows.
With Document mode, Office Lens trims and colors images perfectly.
The scanned picture can be saved to your choice of OneNote, OneDrive, or locally on the device.
Business Card mode can extract contact information and save it into your address book and OneNote. This feature works best with the following business cards: English, German, Spanish and Chinese.
Choose to convert images to Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), or PDF (.pdf) files that are automatically saved to OneDrive.

Additional information

Published by

Microsoft Corporation

Copyright

Developed by

Microsoft Corporation

Release date

2014-03-17

Approximate size

18.44 MB

Age rating

For all ages

This app can

Use your webcam
Access your Internet connection
Use your pictures library
Use data stored on an external storage device

Permissions info

Installation

Get this app while signed in to your Microsoft account and install on up to ten Windows 10 devices.

Accessibility

The product developer believes that this product meets accessibility requirements, making it easier for everyone to use.

Language supported

English (United States)
English (United Kingdom)
Afrikaans (Suid-Afrika)
አማርኛ (ኢትዮጵያ)
العربية (المملكة العربية السعودية)
Azərbaycan Dili (Azərbaycan)
Беларуская (Беларусь)
Български (България)
বাংলা (বাংলাদেশ)
Bosanski (Bosna I Hercegovina)
Català (Català)
Čeština (Česká Republika)
Dansk (Danmark)
Deutsch (Deutschland)
Ελληνικά (Ελλάδα)
Español (España, Alfabetización Internacional)
Español (México)
Eesti (Eesti)
Euskara (Euskara)
فارسى (ایران)
Suomi (Suomi)
Filipino (Pilipinas)
Français (Canada)
Français (France)
Galego (Galego)
Hausa (Najeriya)
עברית (ישראל)
हिंदी (भारत)
Hrvatski (Hrvatska)
Magyar (Magyarország)
Indonesia (Indonesia)
Íslenska (Ísland)
Italiano (Italia)
日本語 (日本)
Қазақ Тілі (Қазақстан)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (កម្ពុជា)
ಕನ್ನಡ (ಭಾರತ)
한국어(대한민국)
ລາວ (ລາວ)
Lietuvių (Lietuva)
Latviešu (Latvija)
Македонски (Република Македонија)
മലയാളം (ഇന്ത്യ)
Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia)
Norsk Bokmål (Norge)
Nederlands (Nederland)
Nynorsk (Noreg)
Polski (Polska)
Português (Brasil)
Português (Portugal)
Română (România)
Русский (Россия)
Slovenčina (Slovensko)
Slovenščina (Slovenija)
Shqip (Shqipëri)
Српски (Србија)
sr-latn-cs
Srpski (Srbija)
Svenska (Sverige)
Kiswahili (Kenya)
தமிழ் (இந்தியா)
తెలుగు (భారత దేశం)
ไทย (ไทย)
Türkçe (Türkiye)
Українська (Україна)
O‘Zbek (Oʻzbekiston)
Tiếng Việt (Việt Nam)
中文(中国)
中文(台灣)
中文(香港特別行政區)

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System Requirements

Minimum
Your device must meet all minimum requirements to open this product
OS	Xbox One,Windows 10 version 10240.0 or higher,Windows 8 Mobile
Architecture	x86, x64, ARM, ARM64
Camera	Integrated Camera
Notes	Not specified

Recommended
Your device should meet these requirements for the best experience
OS	Xbox One,Windows 10 version 10240.0 or higher,Windows 8 Mobile
Architecture	x86, x64, ARM, ARM64
Camera	Not specified
Notes	Camera

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Most helpful favourable review

Richard

2017-02-09

Almost perfect

Only thing that would make it better, is to take multiple photos and combine them into a single PDF.

14 out of 14 people found this helpful.

Most helpful critical review

Nathan

2017-01-11

Useless without internet

It cannot save a pdf to locally to my phone. It wants to upload it to Onedrive. Why do you think I'm scanning with my phone? Because I'm not at my office. I'm also not in cell service either so how am I suppose to see any of my scanned documents. They are either limiting the app to force Onedrive onto people, or they just want a copy of everything you scan for the records. Note that if I could save pdfs locally I would rate this app at 5

12 out of 12 people found this helpful.

Showing 1-10 out of 39 reviews

Reviewed ByRichard

2017-02-09

Review title of RichardAlmost perfect

14 out of 14 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByNathan

2017-01-11

Review title of NathanUseless without internet

12 out of 12 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByGarry

2018-05-20

Review title of GarryI'll never use a scanner again!

I am not a tech wizard by any means, but I just love this app. It makes it so easy to save and email copies I of invoices pictures etc. I don't think I'll ever need to use a scanner again.

4 out of 4 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByPhilip

2017-02-25

Review title of PhilipConvenient way to scan with your phone

Much more professional than just taking a photo from your phone.

3 out of 3 people found this helpful.

Reviewed BySteven Chien-Ting

2018-03-05

Review title of Steven Chien-TingMust-Have App

A big fan of Office Lens. Easy to take pictures and convert it to PDF. seamless integration with OneDrive. One of the few can-live-without app on my phone and Surface Book 2.

2 out of 2 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByTyler

2017-01-24

Review title of TylerGreat App

Works fantastic. I use it daily. Would like to be able to draw and annotate images with surface pen within the program.

4 out of 5 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByVince

2017-03-16

Review title of VinceExcellent appli. Dépasse mes attentes

Cette appli dépasse mes attentes à chaque fois que je m'en sert.

1 out of 2 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByTroy

2020-06-16

Review title of TroyDisappointing

Had so many problems getting clear scans of documents and having them upload properly, do not recommend.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByMike

2019-09-12

Review title of MikeIt basically works if you can figure it out.

It seems rather non-standard interface for MS. Perhaps a leftover from the Windows 8 non-intuitive days? A lot of guessing involved to figure out how to use. I want it simply as an OCR since MS doesn't offer one and the ones for download on the Internet are sketchy. At least from MS you can trust it's not virus ridden. As far as use I see saving is ONLY to OneDrive. Strange you can't just save locally - especially for the Windows 10 version. I don't have a lot of need for this but it should do what I require. If MS would simply add an OCR to Windows 10 it would make life easier.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByGhislain

2019-08-08

Review title of GhislainGreat but now included with Windows 10 Camera

Excellent app but no longer useful as most functions are now included with the Windows 10 built-in Camera app (look options if your material supports it). I still use it on my mobile but not on my pc.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.

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