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ScanNow!

Camera to clean PDF, entirely in your browser

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Private document scanner

Turn paper into a polished PDF

Photograph pages continuously or choose existing images. Processing runs behind the camera and saved documents remain on this device, even offline.

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Auto crop Clean up Local OCR Works offline

Free private PDF scanner

Scan documents to searchable PDF in your browser

ScanNow! turns camera photos or existing images into clean, correctly ordered PDFs. Cropping, image cleanup, OCR, local saving, and PDF creation happen on your device. Your document pages are not uploaded to a ScanNow! server.

Crop and clean scans

Detect page edges, correct perspective, rotate pages, and choose color, grayscale, or black-and-white output.

Create searchable PDFs

On-device OCR places an invisible text layer over the matching words so exported PDFs can be searched and copied.

Keep documents private

Use the scanner without creating an account. Saved projects stay in this browser and can remain available offline.

How to scan a document

  1. Add pages with your camera or image library.
  2. Review the automatic crop and page order.
  3. Choose PDF options and download the finished file.

Common questions

Are scanned pages uploaded?

No. Document processing and PDF creation run in the browser on your device.

Can ScanNow! make searchable PDFs?

Yes. Local OCR records where each line appears and adds aligned invisible text to the exported PDF.

Does it work offline?

After the app and OCR resources have loaded, ScanNow! can scan, edit, recognize text, and export without a network connection.