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Microsoft Lens is going away: Here are the best alternative scanning apps – January 2026

Author/Source: OCR means Optical Character Recognition, which lets a scanner turn an image of text into actual editable text. See the full link here

Takeaway

The article discusses how Microsoft Lens, a popular scanning app, will soon be unavailable. It suggests several alternative scanning apps for both Android and iOS devices.

Technical Subject Understandability

Beginner

Analogy/Comparison

Switching scanning apps is like changing from one brand of cereal to another – you still get breakfast, just from a different box.

Why It Matters

Scanning apps help people turn paper documents into digital files. For example, students can scan notes and assignments, and business people can scan receipts for expenses.

Related Terms

OCR

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