![]() My column, Get Organized, has been running on PCMag since 2012. I've been contributing to PCMag since 2011, at times as an analyst and columnist, and currently as deputy managing editor for the software team. It's so fast and reliable that it's worth using even if you don't connect to Evernote, though that service is highly worthwhile in my opinion, too. Scannable is definitely a keeper, and I recommend it independently of Evernote. Lastly, owners of Evernote's ScanSnap desktop scanner can use the app as a remote control for scanning pages. But what if I had several pages of one file that I wanted to save as one continuous note? I'd like to see Evernote add that option to collate several snaps together into one. ![]() When I did finally upload a batch of scanned business cards, I was thrilled to see each one was treated as a separate note in Evernote, rather than one note with several images embedded. It didn't stop me from scanning images into a batch, but it did prevent me from uploading them to my account. As for the service hiccup, I'm not sure where the blame lay, but Scannable couldn't authenticate my Evernote login a few times. In testing the app, the only problems I encountered were a few service outages with Evernote and a few options I'd like to see added that weren't there. I just love the efficiency of that feature. And as mentioned, when Scannable knows you're in a meeting, it offers to share your scanned files with others in the meeting, too. You can save images to other places if you like, such as your camera roll or even an iCloud folder. When you take photos of documents one by one, you have to crop them, whereas Scannable crops the automatic scans for you, as long as you take the image on a contrasting background. There is an option to scan manually, but it wasn't nearly as good or fast as the automatic option in my testing. And, once I set up those preferences, they are automatically suggested the next time I scan more stuff. For example, I saved a stack of scanned business cards to a Notebook I created in Evernote called Contacts. When you're done, you just hit a checkmark and then complete a few steps that ask you where you want to send the files and how you want to classify them. If you point your phone's camera at the documents, they scan lickety-split. So launch the app and see it scan! Hopefully you have your documents and business cards at the ready. (Opens in a new window) Read Our TurboScan Review Note that it's only available as an iPhone app. It's a keeper and a PCMag Editors' Choice. Scannable powers through scanning jobs even more quickly than Evernote's flagship app for document or business card scanning and uploading. Not only is Scannable smart, but it works, too. You can use the app to scan a few files from the meeting, and Scannable will automatically ask you if you want to share the images with the people in your meeting, as long as they're listed attendees in a meeting invite and you've granted Scannable access to your calendar. For example, say you're in a meeting with three other people. This powerful little app scans anything you put in front of it and sends it to your Evernote account, or another place you want to store it, and has the ability to share the files with other people very intelligently, too. Scannable (free), a new app from Evernote, belongs on every productivity enthusiast's list of the best iPhone apps. No option to collate several pages/images into one note.Some connectivity problems in early days of testing. ![]() How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication. ![]()
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