# Page 3 | Microsoft Lens Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - Is Microsoft Lens the right OCR solution for you? Explore 274 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/193405/Microsoft-Office-Lens/reviews --- Microsoft Lens 4.5 (274) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/193405/Microsoft-Office-Lens/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 15th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of Microsoft Lens ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 274 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Germán G. CEO Performing Arts Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "El Escáner Movil por excelencia." March 28, 2023 5.0 Pros Cuando estes en apuros y no sepas que hacer cuando te pidan transferir un documento físico a uno digital, Lens de forma incondicional va a ser la herramienta que te ayudará a realizar esa tarea que algunas veces resulta, o tediosa o imposible.Creo que mi forma de trabajar no sería la misma sin Lens. Cons Le faltarían algunas cosas que, por ejemplo, Google Lens si tieneAlguna que otra ''feature'' pero, en realidad, no es la tarea ni el uso principal de Microsoft LensPero podrían agregarle ese plus, ese ''extra'' que Google Lens tiene. Review Source Prathima K. Junior Frontend Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Simple tool for pdf conversion and good for microfot users only because has limited tools" February 23, 2023 4.0 overall i feel like microsoft lens is good for microsoft users only who need very simple pdf and document converter with minimal interface and with text editing and full text speech options. Pros the interface is very simple and minimal and has very limited tools though. the text extraction is good and the data capture and transfer is also very fast and efficient. the full text speech is also helpful and so is the text editing tool too. Cons there are very limited no of tools and personalization options. also the sharing options are even limited. the conversion to pdf has very limited tools which are so many when compared to other apps. Review Source FT Flor T. Analista Administrativo Telecommunications Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Muy buena opción de escaner" May 9, 2023 5.0 Recomiendo utilizarla, es fácil de usar, no es tan caro y puedes tener documentos sin marca de agua ya que la mayoría de las apps de escaner dejan su logotipo. Pros Fácil uso, no es tan elevado el costo ya que son varias funciones de office, varios formatos para guardar los archivos escaneados. Cons Al principio me costó trabajo utilizarla ya que me confundía un poco el proceso de escaneo, pero conforme el uso me fui adaptando y conociendo la app. Switched from [CamScanner](https://www.capterra.com/p/210426/CamScanner/) Es mas elevado el costo Review Source aE akshay E. IT Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Microsoft Lens: A Scanner App That Can Do It All" August 29, 2023 4.0 Optimal application for scanning physical documents with OCR capabilities, creating PDFs, and converting documents into PPT format. Pros Microsoft Lens is a fast and efficient way to scan text, edit images, and share or store them in different formats. It also does not add a watermark to PDF documents. Cons Microsoft Lens may not be the best option for scanning large documents or images on older devices, as it can be slow to load and process the images. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CEO Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Fast photo to PDF conversion " October 31, 2023 4.0 My experience with Microsoft Lens is very pleasant, I convert my photos into pdf to make documents for my work. Pros It's a well-designed and easy-to-use application. You can take a photo and convert it into a pdf with just a few clicks using your smartphone. Cons Sometimes the application slows down on my phone. Sometimes the application even crashes. Review Source mrM mahfujur rahman M. Provide emergency service Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft lens is value for money" November 28, 2023 5.0 I can't describe how Microsoft Lens help me in my practical life. It reduces my work pressure a lot. In a word i just love it. Pros It takes less time to convert images to PDF and PowerPoint with maximun accuracy which impresses me a lot. Cons Sometimes it is not accurate while converting image to word file if the image quality is not high. Review Source Alejandro Y. Programmer Analyst Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A completely free sw to store images of important data like blackboards, documents and pictures" September 24, 2019 5.0 Excellent software to take quick pictures and share as professional documents and scans. Pros Absolutely free, no need for Office 365 to use it. You just have to have a normal outlook or live account. Or a Microsoft account. Great alternative to AdobeScan and CamScanner. Automatic recognizance of documents, blackboard, pictures and business cards to store it to the optimum quality. Automatically fix the document angle in the picture to make it look like Cut or fix the picture to the size you want. It uses snaps to easily and faster image cutting. For business cards, the infomation is extracted and can be shared as .vcf or store it in your phone. All the pictures can be store in OneDrive as .docx (as OCR document), jpeg/png (in your phone gallery), .pdf, pptx, or in OneNote. When saving to a document, the original and if it applied, the layers of the picture are saved. For blackboards, the images are saved as picture and as drawings /stencils, so they can be copied and pasted to other documents or emails. View the images saved in your phone and share. Take pictures in bulk. Change the resolution of the picture to take. By default it uses a medium resolution. Around 5mpx. Cons Sometimes slow but I can accept it because it is recognizing a lot of information in the picture, figuring out what is. No document can be saved locally, only the pictures. Review Source RHR Rezwanul Haque R. freelancer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Microsoft Office Lens for each gadget" February 12, 2022 5.0 Microsoft Office Lens filters reports, cards, and whiteboards with your Android telephone, making them more decipherable, and now and again editable. Pros This application is an extraordinary method for getting sorted out the entirety of your stuff. It's not difficult to utilize and it incorporates well with other Office applications. It can assist you with monitoring everything from tacky notes and business cards to receipts. Since it utilizes Optical Character Recognition, it gives preferred lucidity over ordinary photograph-taking projects and cameras. It might provide you with a decent picture of terrible penmanship. Office Lens permits you to alter straightforwardly from the picture. Assuming you feel that your substance needs clarifying or has excluded something significant, you can include the picture from your gadget and afterward save it in the most appropriate model. The way that you can change over your picture into various document designs, like Word, PDF, and PowerPoint guarantees that the picture can be opened from any client gadget, particularly assuming you are sharing it in a gathering discussion. Cons Some of the time white part is left on the filtered pictures. On occasion, the quality naturally gets compromised. Review Source Ouattara B. Telecom Technician Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A really great digitizing app" February 19, 2023 4.0 I sometimes use it to digitize visual media in order to obtain a high-quality rendering. You can scan documents in high quality, convert handwritten text into digital text, and edit it in Word, PowerPoint, or Onenote. I highly recommend it Pros Microsoft Lens is a really great app. With Microsoft Lens, it is very easy to convert a physical, visual medium into a digital file. With a single click of your smartphone photo, you transform your visual support into an editable digital file. I like its scanning accuracy and its sharing and integration features with Microsoft Office applications. It integrates very easily with other Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Onenote, Powerpoint, etc. Or, with its scanning accuracy, you can simply keep the rendered file or share it. Also, it is possible to process a file already in its gallery to make it editable. Microsoft Office Lens is an application to try at least once Cons I have not had any particular problems with this product. I don't have any recommendations to make at this time Review Source LTI Lautaro Tomas I. Jefe de Cocina Food & Beverages Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Una experiencia de escaneo sorprendente." August 2, 2023 5.0 Mi experiencia con Microsoft Lens ha sido sorprendentemente positiva. Su capacidad para escanear documentos con precisión y convertir imágenes de texto en archivos editables es impresionante. La integración con Microsoft 365 y la facilidad para sincronizar documentos en la nube hacen que mi trabajo sea más eficiente. Aunque podrían ofrecer más formatos de archivo, en general, es una herramienta valiosa para la gestión de documentos. Pros Me impresiona mucho la precisión de la tecnología OCR. No solo escanea mis documentos, sino que también puede convertir las imágenes de texto en documentos que puedo editar. Además, es genial para las tarjetas de presentación. Siempre tengo una pila de tarjetas, y ahora puedo escanearlas rápidamente para guardar los contactos en mi teléfono. Cons La dependencia de la conectividad a internet puede ser un inconveniente, dado que no permite escanear sin señal. También me gustaría más opciones de formato de archivo al guardar documentos. Review Source mG marta G. product manager Automotive Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "reliable mobile scanning app " May 1, 2023 5.0 also can scanning documents with handwritten notes or signatures. Pros A mobile scanning application that allows to digitize documents.I have found this app to be extremely helpful in managing and organizing important documents on-the-go.Allowing extract text from scanned documents and save it in editable formats such as Word or PDF. Cons is great for scanning and extracting text, but it may not be the best tool for extensive document editing. Review Source Vivek M. Quality Executive Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy Scan with Smartphone" July 9, 2022 5.0 I love this application, it is free to use, easy to use. Scanning documents is very easy with this application. It is very useful application in all ways for scanning. Scanning made easy by this application Pros First of all it from Microsoft, the most trusted software company in the world. Microsoft Lens is very useful application in scanning division. I am using this application from last 2 years and I like it very much. It does not show watermark in scanned docs or photos. You can choose filters for the scanned docs, Image clarity is adjusted according to the smartphone. scanning get adjusted as per the size of page, photo or anything that you want to scan. Cons All about this application is loveable, no one can say this application is not useful. Review Source MR Mohan R. Java Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Revolutionizing Document Scanning with Microsoft Lens." June 21, 2023 5.0 Microsoft Lens provides a user-friendly and feature-rich scanning experience that simplifies document digitization and enhances productivity. Pros It has a dedicated mode for capturing and enhancing whiteboard content. It can automatically remove glare, shadows from images making them easier to read and share. It integrates with the immersive reader feature, which provides text-to-speech functionality. Cons Microsoft Lens integrates with OneDrive for cloud storage, which offers limited free storage space. Review Source Jair Alexander A. Logistica Apparel & Fashion Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "El mejor programa para convertir imágenes " January 18, 2024 5.0 Muy buena experiencia , me ha ayudado mucho para convertir imágenes Pros En qué se puede convertir la escritura a mano en texto y en archivos de pdf Cons Debería haber más opciones para editar las imágenes Review Source SC Sandipan C. Student Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I have been using this app for a long time. The auto detection feature during clicking is awesome" November 14, 2020 4.0 Pros I have been using Microsoft office lens for more than two years now. I find it is a great improvement to what I was previously using. The Best feature that I like about this app is that it auto detects and crops the subject during picture clicking and saves time, unlike other apps where auto cropping is done as a post processing part. Being a free tool, office lens offers OCR feature for exporting to text format in PDF and Word, which is often missing in the free versions of peer apps . Thirdly, It doesn't add a watermark to the output files. Cons The user should be allowed to tweak the parameters that control the picture quality. Some peer apps have the option of regulating the contrast, sharpness, details and brightness as soon as the pictures are clicked and cropped. Second, office lens should support more options than scanning from just documents, business cards, etc (for example, powerpoints and greeting cards offered in peer apps). Switched from [CamScanner](https://www.capterra.com/p/210426/CamScanner/) I found Office Lens was produced by Microsoft. Given the brand name, I thought it will be better app. Review Source DP Desala P. IT Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Microsoft Lens : A super application for scanning documents and materials. " July 19, 2023 4.0 I like how Microsoft Lens can effortlessly scan any written content. Pros I enjoy this application since it is simple to use, scans documents and photographs correctly, and allows me to effortlessly send to OneDrive or sharing with friends and family. Cons It may be difficult to set up, particularly in case that you maintain a private Microsoft account as well as a Work or School account (Office 365) on your smartphone or tablet. Review Source NV Nicollas V. Auxiliar Administrativo Facilities Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "ótimo para empresa e para pessoa física " January 19, 2023 5.0 Benéficos de não ter limitações de determinado documento, ótimo isso Pros Gosto da facilidade que ele desenvolve ao ver determinados documentos para escanear. Cons No começo estava meio complexo demais para entender, praticando foi a melhor forma de descobrir como funciona Review Source AC Albertus C. Content Creator Computer Games Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My thoughts on Microsoft Office Lens" January 12, 2023 4.0 Scanning images and documents is made easy with the Microsoft lens. Nevertheless, it can be challenging to manage a large number of scanned documents. Pros The scanned photographs have excellent quality. While snapping the picture, the app can display the cropping area. They don't reveal the crop area while taking the picture; they only do so subsequently. A preview of the final image can be seen by displaying the crop area while the image is being captured. The crop area can be automatically detected, which is superior to many other programs. Cons There is no choice to simply choose a few images and export them as a PDF. I was unhappy with the way the scanned files were managed. It is challenging to scan a large volume of pages, likely multiple pages. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Converting documents to digital." July 28, 2022 5.0 I scanned and saved all my physical documens like diplomas, IDs, bills with Microsoft Lens. Pros I like basic scanning and sharing feature. It works like physical scanner. With taking photo it's done to have bills as PDF. Documents can be shared as PDF or JPG or PNG. Cons It would be better if there is folder or labelling feature. Review Source DS David S. Ingenieure, Sachverständige, Prüfsachverständige für sicherheitstechnische Anlagen Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Schnell und Einfach dokumente Scannen" May 12, 2023 4.0 Bin sehr zufrieden und werde die App weiterhin verwenden. Pros Am besten gefällt mir das es eine App ist die ich immer dabei habe. So kann ich mir vorgelegte Dokumente ganz einfach selber Scannen und direkt als PDF ablegen. Die Schnelligkeit und Genauigkeit sind hervorragend. Cons Ab und zu ist die App etwas langsam wenn man mehrere Seiten hintereinander einscannen will. Review Source PS Pradeep S. Senior Associate Paper & Forest Products Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Microsoft lens is Awesome " January 13, 2023 5.0 Pros It's features and auto deduction method which reduces time of corp Cons Very nice and very simple to use not found any drawback Switched from [Scanner for Remote Desktop](https://www.capterra.com/p/248795/Scanner-for-Remote-Desktop/) A friend recommended me for this and i think I made a good decision Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Statistico Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Potrebbe andare meglio" July 9, 2023 4.0 Pros Mi è piaciuta la facilità con cui è possibile scannerizzare i documenti ed estrarre il testo da una foto Cons Ogni tanto non è perfetto nell'estrazione del testo, migliorabile ma efficiente Review Source VR Verified Reviewer PhD Candidate Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft Office Lens - " February 10, 2020 5.0 Pros I have been using MIcroosft Office Lens for a long time and I am very satisfied. It is excellent to scan papers and documents in a fast way. It is really helpful and easy to use software. You can crop and edit your documents on the go and upload it on your cloud. I use it on a daily basis for my job and in personal life. Cons None. I like everything about Microsoft Office Lens. Review Source Sahil A. Junior Frontend Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "good choice for document conversion and pdf conversion for microsoft users" February 22, 2023 4.0 overall microsoft lens is very simple and very basic pdf converting and document converting tool and good for microsoft users only i feel so. Pros the good things that i liked include the very simple layout of dicuments and pdf conversion which is very simple to use in the microsoft and sharing is also good among the microsoft tools among themselves. the text extraction is also good also its capacity to scan multiple range of document is impressive. Cons the text editing is very minimal and doesnt provide many advance options. also the data extraction too. the text extraction also feels kind of hit and miss that needs to be improved Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Redacteur web Writing and Editing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Stockage sous un autre de vos données." January 12, 2024 5.0 Pros J'aime Microsoft Lens pour sa praticabilité et ses fonctionnalités. Tu es en mesure d'aceder aux captures à tout instant. Cons Pour la gestion des données, Microsoft Lens satisfaire actuellement les attentes. Review Source Similar Products Featured