Microsoft Lens
About Microsoft Lens
Microsoft Lens (formerly Microsoft Office Lens) is an optical character recognition (OCR) solution designed to help businesses of all sizes capture and record information from images, documents, notes, whiteboards, business cards and more. It allows users to scan and create digital copy of any printed or written text, facilitating exchange of information across systems.
Key features of Microsoft Lens include data capture, review, editing and file sharing. Enterprises can utilize the system to convert images into PDF, Word and PowerPoint files and store them in local or cloud drives. Plus, it enables students to scan learning materials such as classroom handouts, notes & whiteboards, and upload them into OneNote or OneDrive for future reference.
Microsoft Lens allows sales teams to access details of networking contacts by scanning business cards in various languages including English, Spanish, German, and Simplified Chinese and save information directly into contact lists as well as OneNote. The solution helps users automatically recognize texts and navigate through content using search functionality.
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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.
- 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 29/09/2023
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.
- 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 5/03/2023
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.
- 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 21/08/2023
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.
- 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 29/08/2023
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.
Microsoft Lens FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Microsoft Lens.Q. What type of pricing plans does Microsoft Lens offer?
Microsoft Lens offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Not Available
Product is available for free.
Q. Who are the typical users of Microsoft Lens?
Microsoft Lens has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Microsoft Lens support?
Microsoft Lens supports the following languages:
Chinese, English, German, Spanish
Q. Does Microsoft Lens support mobile devices?
Microsoft Lens supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Microsoft Lens integrate with?
Microsoft Lens integrates with the following applications:
Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, OneDrive
Q. What level of support does Microsoft Lens offer?
Microsoft Lens offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
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