I May Be the Last To Know™ - iPhone hidden scanner feature

[RAMd®d]

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.

[space-time]

RTFM!

Wait, there is no manual.

Thanks, I will try this.

[tenders]

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!

[wurm]

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.

[graylocks]

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.

[cbelt3]

Dang that is cool. Thanks for sharing ! The regular Scanner apps do OCR though, which is helpful for search functionality.

[rgG]

Thanks!
I have a scan app, but I will try this. I had no idea.

[ztirffritz]

New to me. Thanks.

[Zoidberg]

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).

[tuqqer]

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.