Scan to PDF

Turn photos of paper into a clean PDF. Take pictures with your phone camera or pick photos, drag the corners to the page edges, choose a filter, and download. Everything runs in your browser.

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Can this scan what I need?

A paper document, photographed with my phone

Drag the corners to the page edges and the page is straightened and cleaned up.

ID card front and back on one page

Scan both sides and tick the ID card option; they are placed at real size on one A4 page.

A PDF under a size limit for a portal

Choose under 200 KB, 500 KB, 1 MB or a custom size before creating the PDF.

Selectable, searchable text

This creates an image PDF. Add a text layer afterwards with OCR.

Make the PDF searchable

Photos I just want in a PDF as they are

Use "Use whole photo" and the Original filter, or the simpler JPG to PDF tool.

JPG to PDF

Features

  • Use the phone camera or photos you already have

  • Drag four corners to straighten pages shot at an angle

  • Document, Black & white, Whiteboard and Photo filters

  • Black & white filter handles shadows and uneven light

  • Reorder, rotate and delete pages before export

  • Set a size limit: under 200 KB, 500 KB, 1 MB or custom

  • ID card mode: front and back at real size on one A4

  • No app, no signup, no watermark; photos stay on your device

What people scan

Forms and certificates

Scan mark sheets, certificates and signed forms for online applications with a size limit.

ID cards

Aadhaar, PAN or driving licence: front and back on a single A4 page, at real card size.

Notes and whiteboards

Lecture notes, receipts and whiteboard photos as one tidy PDF.

How to get a clean scan with your phone

Taking the photo

  • Put the page on a dark, plain surface so its edges stand out.
  • Use daylight or a bright room, and avoid your own shadow over the page.
  • Keep all four corners in the frame. Any angle is fine; the corners fix it.

Choosing a filter

Document keeps colour (stamps, signatures in blue ink) and whitens the paper. Black & white gives the crispest text and the smallest files, and it copes with shadows because it compares each spot with its surroundings rather than using one cut-off for the whole page.

Meeting an upload limit

Pick "Under 200 KB" (or your portal's limit) before you create the PDF. The size is shared across pages, so fewer pages and the Black & white filter give the sharpest result. Already have a PDF that is too big? Compress it to an exact size.

Need searchable text?

This tool makes an image PDF. To make the text selectable and searchable, run the result through OCR PDF, which also reads Hindi.

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