FOSS Alternative to Microsoft Lens? The development of OpenScan has been halted for 3 years. (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Shakuni@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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What is a good FOSS Android app to scan documents and immediately convert them to pdfs? On Microsoft Lens, you can take multiple scans and also merge different ones together to create a combined PDF. Thanks.

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[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lens is the one thing I still use from Microsoft. None of the competition works nearly as well for b&w/greyscale plus angle correction and multiple PDF pages.

On top of that it is completely local, doesn't make you sign into an account, doesn't ask for location access, and doesn't phone home (at least what I have been able to see).

The only thing that Microsoft makes that I will choose over open source alternatives. Knock on wood that they don't change it.

[-] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lens and SwiftKey for me. I just recently gave all the major FOSS keyboards another look: Anysoft, Florisboard, Unexpected, and OpenBoard. None of them tick all of the boxes like SwiftKey for me.