Microsoft Lens

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Abhik
Abhik
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  • Industry: Computer Networking
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Very good image and PDF scanner to scan a few documents or ID cards

Reviewed on 25/10/2022

The Microsoft lens is a good tool for scanning images and documents. But managing a large number of...

The Microsoft lens is a good tool for scanning images and documents. But managing a large number of scanned documents is difficult.

Pros

The quality of the scanned images is very good. The app can show the area to crop while taking the photo. This is a unique feature most similar apps lack. They show the crop area only after capturing the photo but not during capturing. Showing the crop area during capturing gives an idea regarding the final output image. Auto-detection of the crop area is also better than many other apps. Further, the app is advertisement free.

Cons

The app lacks any folder to organise the scanned images. Also, there is no option just to select a few images and export them as a PDF. The export PDF option is only available just after scanning. Overall, I didn't like the organisation of managing the scanned files. Scanning a large number of pages and probably multiple of them is difficult.

Steven
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  • Industry: Medical Devices
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

How Microsoft Lens Helps My Daily Life

Reviewed on 29/9/2023

Overall, Microsoft Lens was a great tool to utilize during College and in my work career after,...

Overall, Microsoft Lens was a great tool to utilize during College and in my work career after, especially with school and government documents. It is very simple to scan and edit and save changes to PDFs, which is my favorite part of the product. I'd highly recommend it to any fellow professionals.

Pros

The most impactful features are the PDF editing and conversions of formats to PDFs. Especially in college, this app was used on a practically daily basis due to so many professors only accepting PDFs. I remember introducing many friends to this app and all of us using it throughout college and several of them continued into postgrad with the software as well.

Cons

Occasionally when scanning the camera can have an issue determining the proper size of the paper and thus scan it in improperly, however after using the product for a while, it is quite easy to fiddle with the orientation of the paper and get the scanner to properly see the paper's edges. It is useful to have the paper on a surface that is a different color from the paper being scanned.

Kevin
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  • Industry: Airlines/Aviation
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

The Perfect Does-Everything Myth

Reviewed on 5/3/2023

It was obviously not designed for scanning a document and saving as an image. It’s market position...

It was obviously not designed for scanning a document and saving as an image. It’s market position is doing absolutely everything one could possibly require, but they forgot to provide the 6 month training course. I am now tired of the struggle of trying to make this work. iPhone by the way. Why do companies keep taking a simple concept, and trying to adapt it to do everything one could imagine. By the time they succeed they have something only their developers can use. To do “everything” one must approach the limits of complexity. A user needing simplicity is facing a multiverse of complexity. Whatever happened to the KISS principle.

Pros

It looked cute on the screen when a colleague demonstrated it to me.

Cons

It’s innate ability to make a simple task into definitive flexibility.

Mohammed
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Microsoft Lens: Easy File Recognition

Reviewed on 24/9/2023

I appreciate how easily Microsoft Lens is able to scan any type of written content.

I appreciate how easily Microsoft Lens is able to scan any type of written content.

Pros

Anyway, I enjoy how quickly files are recognized while I used it, how easily a compact book can be created, and how easily photographs can be converted into files in PDF format.

Cons

It frequently can't precisely trim the images, so I must make the necessary adjustments myself. Fortunately, this requires not much time and is simple to accomplish.

Sai
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Microsoft Lens : An effective tool for document creation and editing.

Reviewed on 18/8/2023

Microsoft Office Lens is a trusted tool offering free and excellent scanning capabilities.

Microsoft Office Lens is a trusted tool offering free and excellent scanning capabilities.

Pros

Microsoft Lens works quickly to identify the text that has to be scanned. Additionally, it offers the right solutions for editing images. There are very obvious choices for sharing and storing in different formats. The absence of a watermark on PDF documents is also a plus.

Cons

Often it fails to exactly crop the pictures, thus I need to adjust it manually, but it does not take much time and it's easy to fix.

Manohar
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Microsoft Lens: A tool for capturing and converting

Reviewed on 21/8/2023

A helpful instrument for capturing pictures and documents is the MS lens. However, it can be...

A helpful instrument for capturing pictures and documents is the MS lens. However, it can be challenging to manage a lot of scanning papers.

Pros

Any form of file, including images, a board, a company card  is able to be quickly scanned. The documents can be converted to PDF, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, etc. or saved in OneNote . The interface is easy to use. The ability to instinctively identify the file's page during scanning and edit is its strongest feature.

Cons

I really like the majority of this application, though I hope it was capable of converting more types of documents than simply images. Then it would serve as a one-stop shop.

Desala
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Microsoft Lens : A super application for scanning documents and materials.

Reviewed on 19/7/2023

I like how Microsoft Lens can effortlessly scan any written content.

I like how Microsoft Lens can effortlessly scan any written content.

Pros

I enjoy this application since it is simple to use, scans documents and photographs correctly, and allows me to effortlessly send to OneDrive or sharing with friends and family.

Cons

It may be difficult to set up, particularly in case that you maintain a private Microsoft account as well as a Work or School account (Office 365) on your smartphone or tablet.

Avula
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

An Excellent Tool for Making PDFs and Documents.

Reviewed on 9/7/2023

Excellent overall performance in comparison to other options, and it integrates well with the...

Excellent overall performance in comparison to other options, and it integrates well with the office suite.

Pros

All students and office employees are advised to use this software for the greatest portable scanning experience possible without having to rely on conventional scanning equipment.

Cons

Setting it setup might be a little difficult, particularly if your phone or tablet is connected to both your personal Microsoft account and an Office 365 account for work or school.

akshay
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Microsoft Lens: A Scanner App That Can Do It All

Reviewed on 29/8/2023

Optimal application for scanning physical documents with OCR capabilities, creating PDFs, and...

Optimal application for scanning physical documents with OCR capabilities, creating PDFs, and converting documents into PPT format.

Pros

Microsoft Lens is a fast and efficient way to scan text, edit images, and share or store them in different formats. It also does not add a watermark to PDF documents.

Cons

Microsoft Lens may not be the best option for scanning large documents or images on older devices, as it can be slow to load and process the images.

Kimberly
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  • Industry: Industrial Automation
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Scanning made easy!

Reviewed on 29/11/2023

Great experience! It has made keeping track of a lot of paper much easier.

Great experience! It has made keeping track of a lot of paper much easier.

Pros

It makes scanning receipts, meeting notes, and documents extremely easy. It also loads them directly into my OneDrive account which makes using the scans even easier.

Cons

It could have better color filters but for the most part it scans very legibly.

marta
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

reliable mobile scanning app

Reviewed on 1/5/2023

also can scanning documents with handwritten notes or signatures.

also can scanning documents with handwritten notes or signatures.

Pros

A mobile scanning application that allows to digitize documents.I have found this app to be extremely helpful in managing and organizing important documents on-the-go.Allowing extract text from scanned documents and save it in editable formats such as Word or PDF.

Cons

is great for scanning and extracting text, but it may not be the best tool for extensive document editing.

Benard
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great little scanning app

Reviewed on 15/5/2023

Overall, the app does what it says it does but without the advanced sharing capability, it's a bit...

Overall, the app does what it says it does but without the advanced sharing capability, it's a bit cumbersome to share images. You have to share with yourself first and then share it to other people. Other than that, it's great.

Pros

The great thing about the app is that it automatically sizes up the image and then crops it for you but what's even better is that if the photo isn't cropped right, you have the option to adjust any of the four sides of the photo to get it just right. Most apps only let you adjust the whole side and not from the corners, which isn't as helpful.

Cons

I feel like there could be more options and settings to make it more customisable. Right now it's very bare bones, it's literally just point and shoot then crop and save to one of your storage apps on your phone. It would be great if you could share in a message on Whatsapp or text message.

Ahmed
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  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Microsoft Lens is amazing

Reviewed on 13/5/2023

Pros

the quality of photos and the converting actions to a scanned one

Cons

nothing everything is meeting my expectations

Prathima
Prathima
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Simple tool for pdf conversion and good for microfot users only because has limited tools

Reviewed on 23/2/2023

overall i feel like microsoft lens is good for microsoft users only who need very simple pdf and...

overall i feel like microsoft lens is good for microsoft users only who need very simple pdf and document converter with minimal interface and with text editing and full text speech options.

Pros

the interface is very simple and minimal and has very limited tools though. the text extraction is good and the data capture and transfer is also very fast and efficient. the full text speech is also helpful and so is the text editing tool too.

Cons

there are very limited no of tools and personalization options. also the sharing options are even limited. the conversion to pdf has very limited tools which are so many when compared to other apps.

Sahil
Sahil
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

good choice for document conversion and pdf conversion for microsoft users

Reviewed on 22/2/2023

overall microsoft lens is very simple and very basic pdf converting and document converting tool...

overall microsoft lens is very simple and very basic pdf converting and document converting tool and good for microsoft users only i feel so.

Pros

the good things that i liked include the very simple layout of dicuments and pdf conversion which is very simple to use in the microsoft and sharing is also good among the microsoft tools among themselves. the text extraction is also good also its capacity to scan multiple range of document is impressive.

Cons

the text editing is very minimal and doesnt provide many advance options. also the data extraction too. the text extraction also feels kind of hit and miss that needs to be improved

Klodian
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Shot - edit - save app

Reviewed on 23/2/2023

It helped me doing great with my school projects.

It helped me doing great with my school projects.

Pros

Loved everything about this software. It's super helpful.

Cons

I loved everything about it, it has a great user interface too.

Nicola
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

MIcrosoft Lens review

Reviewed on 13/5/2023

Pros

I appreciated the ease of scanning documents and editing them

Cons

i would prefer a better UI experience

Julian
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Super tool for quick document capture and scanning

Reviewed on 24/2/2023

Highly recommended, convenient tool. Saves so much time with scanning and sharing documents.

Highly recommended, convenient tool. Saves so much time with scanning and sharing documents.

Pros

Quickly take a photo of a document, adjust colours, and share straight to my computer from my mobile device. Convenient and time-saving.

Cons

There are no obvious negatives with this tool - generally don't have any issues, and it's easy to use.

Sibusiso
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  • Industry: Apparel & Fashion
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Editing made easy!

Reviewed on 22/1/2023

enjoy using the app, makes my workload a lot easier and saves me a lot of time. I definitely...

enjoy using the app, makes my workload a lot easier and saves me a lot of time. I definitely recommend the app to friends and colleagues

Pros

makes things easy and saves a lot of editing time. scanning and editing images containing texts for easy viewing and reading.

Cons

can be confusing to operate. frequent glitches when using app on android phones. sometimes hard to pinpoint and recognise the shape of a page

Nihindu
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Microsoft Lens is a great scanner.

Reviewed on 16/2/2023

One of the most useful scanner I ever used.

One of the most useful scanner I ever used.

Pros

Microsoft Lens is a great scanner. Because it's very straightforward to use and features are really awesome. I was able to scan my all documents and bills quickly and easily.

Cons

Sometimes, It's automatically upload to OneDrive. So it's get few minutes which is so annoying.

Albertus
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  • Industry: Computer Games
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

My thoughts on Microsoft Office Lens

Reviewed on 12/1/2023

Scanning images and documents is made easy with the Microsoft lens. Nevertheless, it can be...

Scanning images and documents is made easy with the Microsoft lens. Nevertheless, it can be challenging to manage a large number of scanned documents.

Pros

The scanned photographs have excellent quality. While snapping the picture, the app can display the cropping area. They don't reveal the crop area while taking the picture; they only do so subsequently. A preview of the final image can be seen by displaying the crop area while the image is being captured. The crop area can be automatically detected, which is superior to many other programs.

Cons

There is no choice to simply choose a few images and export them as a PDF. I was unhappy with the way the scanned files were managed. It is challenging to scan a large volume of pages, likely multiple pages.

Esad
Esad
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  • Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Streamline your workflow with the power of OCR in Microsoft Lens

Reviewed on 22/12/2022

The platform's OCR technology allows the users to accurately extract text from images and documents,...

The platform's OCR technology allows the users to accurately extract text from images and documents, and the platform's integration with other Microsoft apps, such as OneNote and Word, makes it easy to organize and share scanned documents and images. Microsoft Lens is a valuable tool for anyone looking to digitize and manage physical documents and images.

Pros

OCR allows Microsoft Lens to accurately extract text from images and documents, even in cases where the text is partially obscured or has unusual formatting. This makes it an invaluable tool for digitizing physical documents and converting them into digital formats, such as PDFs and Eod documents. The accuracy and reliability of the OCR technology are what make Microsoft Lens a standout tool in my opinion.

Cons

Microsoft Lens allows users to extract and analyze data from images and documents, but the visualization options may be somewhat limited. Adding more advanced charting and graphing capabilities could make it easier for users to communicate insights and trends derived from the extracted data.

Rajnish
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Best app for scanning and compiling documents

Reviewed on 24/11/2022

My overall experience with Microsoft Lens is excellent.

My overall experience with Microsoft Lens is excellent.

Pros

The thing that I liked the most about Microsoft Lens is that it can automatically detect the edges of a page in a photo, due to which it is extremely easy to crop out certain photos. This feature is unique and is not found in other scanner apps. Another thing that I liked is that there a many filters that can be implemented to images. Adjustments can be made easily even if photos were captured in a dark environment. Another good thing is that the files can be converted to a few forms such as jpeg and pdf in just 2 steps. Also, Microsoft Lens is compatible with other apps, due to which I can directly add the scanned files to cloud storage. Also previously scanned files can be modified easily.

Cons

I did not find any issues with this app.

Chris
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Lens is King

Reviewed on 6/9/2022

Overall this is a solid product it will help you find what you're looking for. You might have to...

Overall this is a solid product it will help you find what you're looking for. You might have to alter your searches a little bit by adding in a keyword or two but it does have the ability to help you find what you're looking for.

Pros

I find Microsoft lens to be much more useful than the Google version Google they have theirs specifically for bringing up pictures to go directly to products to buy but you can't use it for anything useful like people's faces or locations or any of that kind of stuff where Microsoft lens seems to be a little bit more robust and a little bit more flexible. I've been able to locate things with lens that I couldn't get any type of a hit or recognition from the other search engine. Microsoft did a really good job with their overall scheme of implementation and the usefulness of the product It doesn't just go to a sales thing it can look for other things as well.

Cons

Still I find that there a little bit too geared toward selling and not helping you discover something that you're looking for. Anything that is for sale comes to the top of the list and you might not even get what you're looking for which could just be an identification of what a product is or what something is because it's an antique or something like that. But still all in all it's pretty solid for the use cases that they have a designed for

Jim Paul
Jim Paul
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Scanning Made Easy with Office Lens

Reviewed on 5/11/2020

Microsoft Office Lens is a reliable tool that provides scanning services for free but with maximum...

Microsoft Office Lens is a reliable tool that provides scanning services for free but with maximum quality. On top of all these perks, it's just a click away from your smartphone. I use it during meetings when I don't have with me my laptop, or at moments when I need to take a super clear shot on any document such as memos, announcements, or even receipts at supermarkets or hardware stores which I could use as a proof of purchase or for reimbursements.

Thanks, Microsoft!

Pros

Microsoft Office Lens solves the day whenever a need for crystal-clear scanning of photos or documents arises. It's the go-to application when you're out and suddenly feel the need for a handy mobile scanner, realizing that it's an application in your smartphone.

The tool is easy-to-use although the walk-through tutorial upon installing it is of great help too. The buttons' functions are simple yet so powerful. I use it a lot in scanning documents and taking snapshots of words written on a whiteboard.

It's also a recommended software for taking random shots whose quality are at par with those of other top applications out in the market, or maybe better.

Cons

The scanning feature is one of the best and it's so reliable when used. If I may suggest though, the focusing task is sometimes a little annoying especially if the correct shape or outline is not easily met. But overall, it's best at what it does which is performing like an actual scanning machine.