Document Scanner is a scan-to-PDF app for Windows that helps you capture, read, and file paper documents without the clutter.

• 🌟 What It Is
• 🎯 Key Features
• 🖼 Preview
• 🖥 Requirements
• ⚙ Setup
• 👣 First Steps
• ❓ Questions
• 🤝 Help
• 📄 License

Document Scanner for Windows is a friendly, free document scanner app that lives on your desktop and quietly handles the paperwork you would rather not deal with. Connect a scanner or reach for your device camera, capture the page, and the app takes care of tidying it up and saving it in a format you can actually search later.

It is aimed at everyday scanning — the school forms, warranty cards, invoices, and letters that pile up on a real desk. Instead of juggling half a dozen tools, you capture, review, and export from one simple window, and thanks to built-in OCR the words inside your scans stay findable long after the paper is recycled.

Everything you need to go paperless lives in one clean window — no accounts, no clutter, no fuss.

• 🖨 Scanner and camera input — Grab pages from a connected scanner or snap them with your device camera.
• 🔤 OCR text recognition — Read the printed text on each page so your PDFs become searchable.
• 📑 One-tap PDF export — Save a page or a whole stack as a neat PDF in a single step.
• ✂ Auto crop and straighten — Let the app find the page edges and fix crooked scans for you.
• 🗂 Multi-page documents — Bundle related pages into one file instead of scattered images.
• 💸 Completely free — Enjoy the full scanning workflow at no cost.

Here is the app mid-scan: your live capture on one side, a running list of captured pages on the other, and the export controls always within reach.

1. Use the download button above to grab the Windows installer.
2. Open the file from your Downloads folder to begin the setup.
3. Accept the prompts and pick where you would like the app installed.
4. Let the installer finish placing everything on your PC.
5. Start Document Scanner from the Start menu or its desktop shortcut.

1. Launch the app and make sure your scanner is plugged in or your camera is ready.
2. Pick whether you want to scan or capture with the camera.
3. Bring in your first page and glance at the preview to check it looks right.
4. Switch on OCR so the text becomes searchable.
5. Keep adding pages until your document is complete.
6. Export it as a PDF and tuck it away in your chosen folder.

Do I need to pay for anything? No. It is a free document scanner app, and every scanning and export feature is available without a purchase.

No scanner at home — is that a problem? Not at all. You can capture pages with your device camera whenever a scanner is not handy.

Are my exported PDFs searchable? Yes, when OCR is enabled the recognised text is embedded so you can search inside the finished PDF.

Can I combine several pages into one document? You can. Add as many pages as you need and export them together as a single multi-page file.

Does it recognise handwriting? OCR is tuned for printed text, so clearly printed pages give the most dependable results.

Need a hand? The quickest place to look is the built-in Help and Support area inside the app, where guidance sits right next to the tools you are using. The in-app documentation explains connecting a scanner, capturing pages, and exporting your files in plain language. If you would like to know more about the product, the official Document Scanner website is named inside the app for you to visit.

This project is licensed under the MIT License — you are free to use, copy, modify, and distribute it. The full MIT License text is provided in the LICENSE file included with the project.

This project is licensed under the MIT License — you are free to use, copy, modify, and distribute it. The full MIT License text is provided in the LICENSE file included with the project.