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Re: I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature - RAMd®d - 04-22-2020
I too, did not know this.
And now that I have an AirPrint capable printer, this is worthwhile news.
Occasionally, I would might have seen a feature that didn't do me any good, and forgot about it long ago.
But this is news to me.
I though this was going to be about scanning QR codes and was hoping to mention I use that almost frequently.
Re: I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature - space-time - 04-22-2020
RTFM!
Wait, there is no manual.
Thanks, I will try this.
Re: I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature - tenders - 04-22-2020
Good tip - news to me too. Have done a lot of flailing trying to get multiple photos of document pages into a single file attached to an email!
Re: I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature - wurm - 04-22-2020
Well, color me ignorant. I'm running iOS 12.1.2 on my SE. I open Notes and can create a new note, but I don't see the camera icon anywhere.
Re: I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature - graylocks - 04-22-2020
wurm wrote:
Well, color me ignorant. I'm running iOS 12.1.2 on my SE. I open Notes and can create a new note, but I don't see the camera icon anywhere.
in the lower right corner of the new note there is a + icon. tap it and a menu comes up one of which is the camera.
Re: I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature - cbelt3 - 04-22-2020
Dang that is cool. Thanks for sharing ! The regular Scanner apps do OCR though, which is helpful for search functionality.
Re: I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature - rgG - 04-22-2020
Thanks!
I have a scan app, but I will try this. I had no idea.
Re: I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature - ztirffritz - 04-22-2020
New to me. Thanks.
Re: I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature - Zoidberg - 04-22-2020
The camera app can also act as a QR code scanner. Just open up your camera, get close to the QR code, and a box will appear and ask you about opening the code's link.
This came in handy for me just a few days ago when I needed to access additional information on my dryer (broken knob).
Re: I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature - tuqqer - 04-22-2020
Zoidberg wrote:
The camera app can also act as a QR code scanner. Just open up your camera, get close to the QR code, and a box will appear and ask you about opening the code's link.
Very cool. Did not know that and just tried and it works flawlessly.