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Scan apps


Adobe has been touting its Scan app. I installed it on my iPhone today after weeks of seeing an ad for it each time I open Acrobat on my Win 7 laptop.   

From what I can tell it doesn't do much better in scanning & OCRing than apps like scanner pro which have been around for a while but may be marginally better. 

Compare the Adobe Scan OCR:

luckybeenyc Restaurants in New York hardly come buzzier than Lucky Bee, a festive, cramped "pan-Asian" joint that casts its hot-pink neon glow onto Broome Street. Early bird guests are rewarded with gracious service and first crack at the octopus, its tentacles grilled and laid over a vivid array of summer corn, roast 

with the Scanner Pro OCR: than Lucky Bee, a lestive, crompe onto joint that costs its hot—pink neon glowBrooms Street. Early bird guests are rewarded with gracious service and lirst crack at the octopus, its tentacles grilled and laid over (1 vivid  

Adobe image:

Scanner Pro:


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