<story><title>Show HN: Open Scanner, an open-source document scanning app for iPhone</title><url>https://github.com/pencilresearch/OpenScanner</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chazeon</author><text>You can actually directly scan in the Files app from the triple dots menu in the upper right corner, this will allow you to directly scan as a PDF file.</text></item><item><author>miles</author><text>Thanks so much for crafting and sharing this app. Was just chatting with a friend about scanning via Notes[1], which is a little clunky for quickly and seamlessly sharing a scan.&lt;p&gt;A few feature suggestions:&lt;p&gt;* Allow setting default color mode (having to switch manually to B&amp;amp;W every time adds another step)&lt;p&gt;* Allow setting setting type (PDF, JPG, TXT) and size (Original, Medium, Small) in Sharing Options à la Scanner Pro[2]&lt;p&gt;* Allow sharing immediately after scanning rather than first having to tap Save then opening the image again&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;108963&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;108963&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;readdle.com&amp;#x2F;scannerpro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;readdle.com&amp;#x2F;scannerpro&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>I love Apple, but this is so Apple: hidden powerful functionality you&amp;#x27;ll only know about through word of mouth or intentional exploration in the UI.</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: Open Scanner, an open-source document scanning app for iPhone</title><url>https://github.com/pencilresearch/OpenScanner</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chazeon</author><text>You can actually directly scan in the Files app from the triple dots menu in the upper right corner, this will allow you to directly scan as a PDF file.</text></item><item><author>miles</author><text>Thanks so much for crafting and sharing this app. Was just chatting with a friend about scanning via Notes[1], which is a little clunky for quickly and seamlessly sharing a scan.&lt;p&gt;A few feature suggestions:&lt;p&gt;* Allow setting default color mode (having to switch manually to B&amp;amp;W every time adds another step)&lt;p&gt;* Allow setting setting type (PDF, JPG, TXT) and size (Original, Medium, Small) in Sharing Options à la Scanner Pro[2]&lt;p&gt;* Allow sharing immediately after scanning rather than first having to tap Save then opening the image again&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;108963&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;108963&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;readdle.com&amp;#x2F;scannerpro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;readdle.com&amp;#x2F;scannerpro&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>manmal</author><text>And you can scan to any cloud provider that integrates with Files that way. Dropbox etc</text></comment>