What is Microsoft Lens?

Microsoft Lens, which was formerly called Microsoft Office Lens, is an effective application designed to enhance and clarify images of documents and whiteboards. This versatile tool enables users to convert images into various formats such as PDF, Word, and PowerPoint, while also allowing for direct saving to OneNote or OneDrive for convenient access. Functionally, Microsoft Lens acts as a mobile scanner, effortlessly digitizing handwritten notes from whiteboards or chalkboards. With this application, you can keep a reliable record of essential documents or business cards, effortlessly capturing drawings and sketches for future reference. No longer will you have to worry about losing important receipts or sticky notes, as this tool keeps all your vital information organized and readily available. Furthermore, its intuitive interface ensures that navigating and making use of its scanning features is simple for everyone. Whether you're a student, a professional, or anyone in between, Microsoft Lens is an invaluable resource for maintaining your digital records.

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Microsoft
Date Founded:
1975
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
www.microsoft.com

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Windows
iPhone
iPad
Android
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Microsoft Lens Categories and Features

OCR Software

Batch Processing
Convert to PDF
ID Scanning
Image Pre-processing
Indexing
Metadata Extraction
Multi-Language
Multiple Output Formats
Text Editor
Zone Selection Tool

Microsoft Lens Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: Shishir D.
    Position: Senior
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    Great intuitive tool

    Date: Nov 29 2021
    Summary

    Overall, it is the best document scanning app. As it is available cross-platform, same login helps me access documents across devices as well.

    Positive

    Automatically recognizes borders and is super fast in scanning documents. Frequent updates help keep it ahead of the curve.

    Negative

    Certain functions like adding pages are not very intuitive.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Service Engineer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    Scanning utility

    Date: Aug 27 2020
    Summary

    Microsoft Office Lens is a great choice if you are looking for a scanner app for you smartphone. It works as expected and scans quality images.

    Positive

    Microsoft Office Lens is a pretty decent scanning utility which is available for free and provides a range of features which can be seen in many paid apps. it offer document scan of multiple types as well as provides basic editing tools to give a touch up to scanned images.

    Negative

    No cons, great to see such a nice utility available for free.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Software Developer
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Great Scanner Utility

    Date: Jul 10 2020
    Summary

    Microsoft Office Lens is an excellent Scanner Utility. It is a great free alternative to the more popular freemium scanning apps if you are looking for a basic scanner.

    Positive

    Free to use
    Integrates with OneNote, OneDrive and other services to store images
    OCR functionality to recognize words in images
    Basic Photo editing features
    Save captured images as pdf , word or ppt files
    Available on smartphones as well

    Negative

    It is a it slower than other scanning apps.
    Editing options are very limited.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Senior Software Engineer
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 5,000 - 9,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best Free Scanning Software

    Date: Aug 14 2020
    Summary

    Microsoft Office Lens is the best free scanning software. It not just scans documents but offers more features like image editing and OCR scanner as well.

    Positive

    Lots of features like Scanning, Photo Editing, OCR capture
    Integrates with other Office 365 apps like OneNote.
    Great mobile app.
    Available for free.

    Negative

    For a free software it is really good and holds up pretty well against premium scanning apps.

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  • Reviewer Name: Andy S.
    Position: Technical Training Manager
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Used briefly but had definite potential!

    Date: Apr 28 2020
    Summary

    Used this for a few months. Loved the idea of being able to keep a database of business cards digitally and there are lots of other apps that do this but none that I could find for the price and functionality of Office Lens. Only downside was that it only integrated with MS Notes and I really don't use that for anything else so eventually I just stopped using it.

    Positive

    Great tools for taking photos and utilizing the content from the pictures. Neat tool for snapping a picture of a business card and sending the applicable information automatically to a list of contacts.

    Negative

    Could only integrate with Microsoft Notes for sending business card data.

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