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Microsoft Lens

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About

Explore what's around you in an entirely new way. Look up a dish straight from the menu, add events to your calendar, get directions, call a number, translate words and more. Or just copy and paste to save some time. See an outfit that caught your eye? Or a chair that's perfect for your living room? Get inspired by similar clothes, furniture and home decor, without having to describe what you're looking for in a search box. Copy and paste text to your computer. Copy printed or handwritten text with Lens, then send it to another signed-in Chrome browser in a tap. Find out what plant is in your friend's flat or what kind of dog you saw in the park. Stuck on a problem? Quickly find explainers, videos and results from the web for maths, history, chemistry, biology, physics and more. Step-by-step homework help, identify plants and animals. Get the Lens app in the Play Store. Look for the Lens icon on your photos. Look for Lens in the search bar of the Google app.

About

Microsoft Lens (formerly Microsoft Office Lens) trims, enhances, and makes pictures of whiteboards and docs readable. You can use Microsoft Lens to convert images to PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, and you can even save images to OneNote or OneDrive. Microsoft Lens is like having a scanner in your pocket. Like magic, it will digitize notes from whiteboards or blackboards. Always find important documents or business cards. Sketch your ideas and snap a picture for later. Don't lose receipts or stray sticky notes again!

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Anyone looking for an application to identify, capture, explore, copy, translate and save text and photos

Audience

Any company that needs a scanning and optical character recognition tool

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.3 / 5
ease 3.7 / 5
features 3.4 / 5
design 3.7 / 5
support 3.7 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.8 / 5
ease 4.8 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.8 / 5
support 4.8 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Nothing.
  • I liked nothing about Google lens. It is far and away the lamest most frustrating app that I have ever tried.
  • Google Lens is a very functional platform to search for all kinds of things that you have in front of you, in addition, it also allows you to import images from your phone gallery to carry out a much deeper search on any image that you have stored, Google Lens It is a fairly complete service which helps you to optimize the search within the Internet, if you need to search for any text or any image within the Internet, this is the essential application for you. One of the main things I liked about this platform were: 1.- This platform is capable of searching for something on the Internet from the text that you have within the joke. This means that if you point to a text with the phone's camera, that text will be used to perform a search within Google, this It is one of the main functions and tools that Google Lens has, there are many more options to perform a much more specific search of what you are pointing with the phone. 2.- Another of the perfect tools and functions of this platform is that you can carry out a specific search in relation to a meal, menu or restaurant, that means that if you need to search for a menu in a store you only have to point the camera at the logo of that store, the corresponding menu will be immediately searched thanks to this impressive function, which helps you make a much more specific search for what you are pointing your camera at. 3.- Another thing that I like about this platform is that it is capable of converting an image to text, that means that if you point the phone at an image or some text that is written in an image, the platform will automatically recognize this text and will allow you to copy them to transfer elsewhere or to a note. This function is very important and it helps you to extract a text without the need to type it manually, it is really beneficial. 4.- With this platform you can also translate a text, for example, if you are in a country where you do not handle the language of that country correctly, with the help of this application you can point the camera of your phone at some text specific, immediately this application to recognize that text and translate it into any language you want, this function is very important to use day after day, it helps you translate anything.
  • - It scans the image and gives quick results. - It searches the whole internet for the relevant images and links for the provided image. - It is easy to use and comes very handy, especially when visiting to new places. - It is available on all the platforms.
  • - It has amazing algorithm which helps to find similar objects/products across the internet. - It can extract texts from an image. The user just need to click an image and then simply select the text from the image and copy and then can paste anywhere he wants. - It also works amazingly when scanning QR codes. It instantly scans the code and opens the required site or information.

Cons

  • Completely worthless.
  • I didn't like anything about Google lens. It was a total waste of my time.
  • Within this platform I have not noticed any type of negative characteristic, since I started using it I have only noticed positive characteristics because this platform has been key to searching for all kinds of things on the Internet thanks to the camera of my phone, the recognition of this application is what stands out the most within it, recognition works positively at all times, it is capable of recognizing any type of text, image or anything else you are pointing at with the phone's camera. I have never presented any type of failure or bug within the platform. In addition, it is fantastic that you can use this application without having to pay any plan for it, you do not have to pay any additional fee for searching thanks to this application. I hope to continue having this positive experience without any failures.
  • - The search results are not accurate all the time. - The updates are not frequent.
  • - Since the app is made by Google, so it might be collecting your data, which can be a matter of concern for some users. - The accuracy level while finding similar products is not that great and sometimes show irrelevant products that has no relation with the product I scanned.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Automatically recognizes borders and is super fast in scanning documents. Frequent updates help keep it ahead of the curve.
  • Microsoft Office Lens is a pretty decent scanning utility which is available for free and provides a range of features which can be seen in many paid apps. it offer document scan of multiple types as well as provides basic editing tools to give a touch up to scanned images.
  • Lots of features like Scanning, Photo Editing, OCR capture Integrates with other Office 365 apps like OneNote. Great mobile app. Available for free.
  • Free to use Integrates with OneNote, OneDrive and other services to store images OCR functionality to recognize words in images Basic Photo editing features Save captured images as pdf , word or ppt files Available on smartphones as well
  • Great tools for taking photos and utilizing the content from the pictures. Neat tool for snapping a picture of a business card and sending the applicable information automatically to a list of contacts.

Cons

  • Certain functions like adding pages are not very intuitive.
  • No cons, great to see such a nice utility available for free.
  • For a free software it is really good and holds up pretty well against premium scanning apps.
  • It is a it slower than other scanning apps. Editing options are very limited.
  • Could only integrate with Microsoft Notes for sending business card data.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Google
Founded: 1998
United States
lens.google/

Company Information

Microsoft
Founded: 1975
United States
www.microsoft.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

Google Lens

Google Lens

Google
Pocket Scanner

Pocket Scanner

Kdan Mobile

Categories

AI Translation Supported
Barcode Scanner Supported
Image Recognition Supported

Categories

Document Scanner Supported
OCR Supported
Receipt Scanner Supported

OCR Features

Batch Processing Not Supported
Convert to PDF Supported
ID Scanning Supported
Image Pre-processing Supported
Indexing Not Supported
Metadata Extraction Not Supported
Multi-Language Not Supported
Multiple Output Formats Not Supported
Text Editor Supported
Zone Selection Tool Not Supported

Integrations

3CX Not Supported
AutoAlt.ai Supported
Click2Mail Not Supported
Coze Supported
Crow Canyon Contract Management Not Supported
Gemini 3 Pro Image Supported
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Supported
Google Supported
Microsoft OneDrive Not Supported
Microsoft OneNote Not Supported
Microsoft PowerPoint Not Supported
Microsoft Word Not Supported
Nano Banana Supported
Nano Banana 2 Supported
Nano Banana 2 Lite Supported
Nano Banana 2.1 Supported
Nano Banana Pro Supported
OpenWeb Ninja Supported
ProofEasy Supported
XCrawl Supported

Integrations

3CX Supported
AutoAlt.ai Not Supported
Click2Mail Supported
Coze Not Supported
Crow Canyon Contract Management Supported
Gemini 3 Pro Image Not Supported
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Not Supported
Google Not Supported
Microsoft OneDrive Supported
Microsoft OneNote Supported
Microsoft PowerPoint Supported
Microsoft Word Supported
Nano Banana Not Supported
Nano Banana 2 Not Supported
Nano Banana 2 Lite Not Supported
Nano Banana 2.1 Not Supported
Nano Banana Pro Not Supported
OpenWeb Ninja Not Supported
ProofEasy Not Supported
XCrawl Not Supported
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