VDScan2.1.0 - App Store

Scan paper documents, labels, signs with the camera and recognize text. Listen using built-in text-to-speech. Save and export. Unlimited use: no subscriptions or additional charges.

State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor lighting conditions. Works entirely on device: No need for internet and your data stays private.

Recognizes text in the following languages: Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.

ScanTone, a sound that represents the amount of recognizable text in the camera's field of view in real time. It uses artificial intelligence to analyze the live feed from the camera for text, angle, rotation, and document edges.

Exports scans as plain text or accessible PDF with embedded text.

Detailed Feature List

Scanning
- ScanTone
- Live edges/crop detection
- Flashlight
- Batch mode for scanning multiple pages quickly
- Intelligent auto capture

Image
- Automatic edge detection for stretching and cropping
- Manually cropping
- Automatic orientation detection and rotation
- Manual image rotation
- Automatic image enhancement

OCR
- Fast: about a second on the latest iPhone
- Offline: does not require Internet connection
- Private: image and text stay on device
- Automatic language detection
- Option to see image or recognized text

Text To Speech
- Choose from 61 voices
- Premium voices in Voice Dream Reader available
- Change speech rate
- Option to start reading as soon as OCR is complete
- Spoken word is highlighted in the text or the image
- Rewind and fast forward by text section (VoiceOver users only)
- Double tap on text to start reading from there

Import and Export
- Load from Photo Library
- Share extension for sending images to Scanner from another app
- Export plain text
- Export PDF with text layer under the image so that it's accessible, searchable and selectable
- Export to Voice Dream Reader

Version History In this major update we’re introducing Describe Image. A state-of-the-art vision-language model is bundled in the app, so it can describe the key features of any image and answer your questions about it. Just tap Describe Image (or use an accessibility magic-tap on the live image).

Because the model runs entirely on your device, it works offline—even without an Internet connection. Plus, your images stay private.

Requirements: iPhone 12 Pro (or newer) running iOS 17 or later.

We’d love your feedback: info@vdscan.app 2.1.0 07/22/2025 - Fixed crash upon launch in iOS 17.2 for some users. 2.0.4 12/20/2023 - Fixed crash upon launch in iOS 17 for some users. 2.0.3 09/23/2023 - Updated for iOS 17. 2.0.2 09/22/2023 - Changed app name to VDScan. 2.0.1 06/20/2023 - Changed app name to VDScan. 2.0.0 06/20/2023 - Improved edge detection. 1.5.1 03/04/2023 - Improved VoiceOver user interface when playing back recognized text. 
- Some VoiceOver users might want to enable "Show Plain Text After Recognizing" in settings, and VoiceOver will read the text. 1.5.0 02/18/2023 - Fix problem with Ivona voices. 1.4.10 09/27/2022 - Fixed bug of camera sometimes not starting. 1.4.9 09/27/2022 - Added feature to export a single image as image or text.
- Bug fixes and minor enhancements. 1.4.8 09/23/2022 - Updated for iOS 16. 1.4.7 09/09/2022 Bug fixes and minor enhancements. 1.4.6 08/14/2022 Bug fixes and minor enhancements. 1.4.5 08/13/2022 - Added Japanese, Korean and Hindi text recognition. 1.4.4 05/16/2022 - Added Japanese, Korean and Hindi text recognition. 1.4.3 05/13/2022 This update fixes the issue of language auto-detect not working for some languages.

Voice Dream can now recognize multi-column documents and order the text correctly. Also, Chinese is now supported for the built-in OCR Scanner. To recognize Chinese, set it explicitly in settings rather than using “Auto-Detect”. 1.4.2 12/17/2021 This update fixes the issue of having wrong video orientation on iPads.

If you started to experience crashes after updating to iOS 15, please disable "Always Enhance Images" in Scanner's settings.

Voice Dream can now recognize multi-column documents and order the text correctly. Also, Chinese is now supported for the built-in OCR Scanner. To recognize Chinese, set it explicitly in settings rather than using “Auto-Detect”. 1.4.1 12/13/2021 - Voice Dream can now recognize multi-column documents and order the text correctly. Also, Chinese is now supported for the built-in OCR Scanner. To recognize Chinese, set it explicitly in settings rather than using “Auto-Detect”.
- Minor enhancements and bug fixes. 1.4.0 12/05/2021 - The preview video is now correctly sized when using iPhone X or later. 1.3.7 01/07/2021 - Able to scan more pages in batch mode on older devices.
- VoiceOver users can no longer use Preview to capture a page. 1.3.6 01/06/2021 - Updated for iOS 14.
- Minor bug fixes. 1.3.5 09/28/2020 - Handling audio interruptions.
- Support for VoiceOver two-finger double-tap to pause or resume reading.
- Support for Bluetooth and lock screen audio controls.
- Sharing from Message no longer results in duplicate images.
- Stability improvements. 1.3.4 03/05/2020 - Added ability to send image to Scanner from some apps, such as Mail.
- Minor performance and stability improvements. 1.3.3 11/18/2019 - Minor bug fixes. 1.3.2 10/31/2019