Oh there is certainly a give and take when it comes to inspiration from elsewhere. Apple is historically great on both ends of that spectrum. How did Jobs phrase it? Good artists steal.
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Jobs quoted Picasso; Good artists copy, great artists steal. It is only an indirect Steve Jobs quote, it's originally Picasso
Thank you for the correction- great to know that even that was inspired elsewhere.
You know I actually hadn't thought of this, but the fact that the quote got attributed to Jobs... Quite in the spirit of the quote itself
This feature has been available on android for many years via the camera app. When the camera detects a document the scanner button pops up auto cropping the image to the page. Apple should really copy android on this and have the icon show in the camera.
Funny that you need to do an update on THE latest model just to get that. The fact that MOST users will goto Google PlayStore for Apps - this 'opportunity' will be LOST for MOST Galaxy users as it is NOT the default App Store nor the default in search results.
Again this is built into the core iOS function, no need to updates, no need to install no run-around moves to have anything.
That's the beauty of iOS.
Apple did advertise this in a WWDC event a few years back when they implemented this. I cannot recall what year it was but it was some time ago.
Have a look through Notes' Tips app to find out other features on iOS you'll be pleasantly surprised along with venturing through a few WWDC event presentations around iOS.
How to scan documents on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support (CA)
You can use the Notes app to scan documents and add signatures on your iPhone or iPad.
How to Scan Documents in the iOS Files App
Since iOS 11, Apple's stock Notes app has featured an impressive built-in tool for scanning documents and saving them as a note. In iOS 13, Apple...
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Document Scan was NOT a hidden feature.
Apple highlighted this during a WWDC event when talking about iOS enhancements in roughly 2019. Also ...
How to Scan Documents in the iOS Files App
Since iOS 11, Apple's stock Notes app has featured an impressive built-in tool for scanning documents and saving them as a note. In iOS 13, Apple...
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I'm willing to bet in 2019 you did NOT have this out of the box no updates, no galaxy store download. iOS introduced this feature in 2019 btw and it was not a default functionality on any Android phone out of the box + no updates + no downloading said feature at all.
Um .. you should've been using Spotlight!
Spotlight has been a core of Mac OS X since Puma and searches ALL content not just titles/names of files, but words within documents, pictures, PDF's etc. Now with iOS/iPadOS' ability to scan text from a picture/video this too helps for data adding/editing and searching. Also note the built-in dictionary's within the entire ecosystem.
I don't remember honestly. I didn't download any special app for this to work.
Point is you don't need an iPhone for this, which completely disproves your whole post.
Here is an article detailing the feature from 2019
android.gadgethacks.com
Your Galaxy Has a Hidden Document Scanner Built in — Here's How It Works
Android's de facto document scanner is Google Drive, but it's far from the most intuitive method. With One UI 2, your Samsung Galaxy device now has a document scanner built-in, with the ability to automatically detect documents like letters, business cards, and notes that you can scan with just...
android.gadgethacks.com
Actually nobody nor did I state you NEEDED an iPhone to do this. You're assuming something I did NOT say by what you read someone else may have said.
The fact that YOU cannot recall if you downloaded this function on your Android or did not disproves your point entirely stating it's there. This discussion is about what is native within the iOS feature set - no updates/no downloads from any source is needed.
THAT is what I've stated and maintained, along with this debuted on iOS first before Android - natively. If we want to talk about first/3rd party app implementations we could go as far back as 2008 with GoodReader on iOS which Android wasn't even close with 3rd party apps.
Pretty bitter response just because it turns out this feature has been built into android cameras for years.
Sorry - I meant I don't remember if it had the feature in 2019. I know for a fact I didn't download any different app for it to work; it's part of the Samsung system apps. I know it's not a 3rd party app. I just don't know if the built in apps that make it work now worked that way in 2019.
And it doesn't really matter. My 2019 Android can do the thing the ignorant person in your OP thought her newer Samsung couldn't do. Both companies need to advertise the feature they both have better. The issue is probably just that people don't know all the stuff their phones can do (as evidenced by your many coworkers saying they didn't know iOS could do what it can). My example shows that Android users are likewise probably just similarly ignorant.
iOS isn't better. Most people just don't know what their phones can do - whether iSheep or Samdung users!
If you’re going to include android in the title of your post it seems fair to bring up information about android…especially when you’re wrong.
My post wasn't about docuscan.Document Scan was NOT a hidden feature.
Apple highlighted this during a WWDC event when talking about iOS enhancements in roughly 2019. Also ...
2019 right on this site. But of course it seems a LOT of users ignore such informative front page articles ~ yes Macrumors over posts articles about far too similar items that really should be consolidated yet they still post about features in iOS.How to Scan Documents in the iOS Files App
Since iOS 11, Apple's stock Notes app has featured an impressive built-in tool for scanning documents and saving them as a note. In iOS 13, Apple...
I also like Lawrence Lessig’s:
“A society free to borrow and build upon the past is culturally richer then a controlled one”
Nice haha. I wish I could get referral credit for all the people I helped influence to get the M1 MacBook Air!
That is one purpose of a patent system - enable ideas to be publicly known while providing the inventor with a limited time period to profit from the idea.
I use the Scan feature ALL. THE. TIME. My scanner sits collecting dust, unless I have a large document that the feeder works better for (and even then, I’m cursing the !@#$ing thing for jamming on at least half the jobs). Huge iPhone benefit!