Microsoft’s Lens app that converts paper files into editable documents comes to iOS and Android

Sure, we all use email and the cloud to store and send each other files nowadays, but what do you do when you have a ton of documents stored on something called “paper” lying around your desk? If you’re an an iPhone or Android user, Microsoft’s new Office Lens app will have you covered. If you’re not familiar with the Windows Phone version released almost a year ago, Office Lens basically turns your phone into a scanner. It’s not just simple JPEGs though; Lens uses optical character recognition (OCR) to convert a document’s text into full-fledged Word, PowerPoint and PDF…



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