Mobile Scanning Application - Adobe Scan

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Last updated: 6 Nov, 2025

Mobile scanning applications provide a convenient way to capture information from documents, whiteboards, business cards, receipts, menus, signs, handwritten memos, or any other text-based material you want to import without manually typing it out. Adobe Scan is available for both iOS and Android devices.

Adobe Scan

Adobe Scan is free to download and turns your mobile device into a powerful PDF and document scanner, helping you create, save, and organize paper documents as digital files. To leverage additional Adobe Scan features and Adobe's Creative Cloud storage, faculty and staff can authenticate using their Eastern credentials.

5 ways to use Adobe Scan

Make a PDF with your phone: Convert paper documents or printed images into PDFs or JPEGs with the mobile PDF and photo scanner.
Clean up scans with Magic Eraser: Remove thumbs, stains, and creases so your document scans look clear and professional.
Scan faster with High-speed scan: This document scanner lets you bulk scan documents and turn stacks into PDFs in seconds.
Turn images to text: Use image-to-text to make words in your scans searchable and editable with OCR.
Scan anything: Receipts, IDs, notes, recipes, photos, business cards, whiteboards - scan documents into PDF or JPEG files you can work with on your phone, tablet, or computer.

See Adobe Scan in action: https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/mobile/scanner-app.html#video