Microsoft Office Lens, initially only available for Windows phone, was recently released for Android and IOS. This tool turns your camera into an efficient scanner, one that automatically deposits documents, business cards, receipts, sticky notes, whiteboards and other real-world items into your OneNote, OneDrive, Word, PowerPoint, PDF and Mail.

Benefits:

  • This is tightly integrated to Microsoft applications.
  • Simple application provides you an efficient mobile scanner with business grade results, especially PDFs to Email and Whiteboards to PDFs.
  • Very user-friendly and easy to use!

How to get it:

  • Visit your Android or Apple store from your smartphone.
  • Search for ‘Office Lens’
  • Install the Application

Cost:

  • Applications is free

Here are some samples of the scan quality using Office Lens:

Office Lens Scan Quality

The Application automatically frames the image as you attempt take the picture:

Office Lens Automatically Frames

Here are some screenshots of Whiteboard Snapshot, as well as the export Window once the image has been taken:

Office Lens Whiteboard Snapshot

Now, go forth boldly into all of your meetings, and document every moment with Office Lens!