If you want a portable scanner to capture and share documents on the go, iScanner is a good choice. The mobile app uses AI technology to convert documents into more refined PDFs, with features like document scanning with distortion correction, automatic cropping, and text recognition in 23 languages. It also has a document editor to merge, split, reorder and annotate documents. And it has cloud storage and file synchronization to let you access and manage your documents across different devices.
Another good option is CamScanner, which has more advanced scanning and recognition abilities. It can convert PDFs into other formats, edit and manage documents online. With high-quality scanning, AI-powered scan quality improvement, and OCR-based text extraction in 50 languages, CamScanner is good for professionals, students and anyone who needs to digitize paperwork. It also can export and share documents, and uses 256-bit SSL Encryption to protect your files.
If you prefer to take handwritten notes, Livescribe has smartpen technology that records both handwriting and accompanying audio. Its Echo 2 and Symphony smartpens use infrared cameras to record handwriting at 72 snapshots per second and synchronize notes across devices. That's good for taking notes in meetings, lectures and brainstorming sessions, and for converting handwritten notes into text for easy sharing.
Last, Mathpix is a useful tool that converts images, handwritten notes and PDFs into editable, searchable text files. Using advanced OCR technology, it can recognize mathematical equations, chemical diagrams, tables and text in many languages. It can handle many file formats and has a collaborative editing interface, so it's good for education, accessibility and bulk digitization.