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iPhone Scanner Works in iOS 11 and above:
I’ve found that over the last few years, I’ve been using the Notes app on my iPhone more and more. This is due to this app being equipped with more and more functionality during this period and, when I discovered how useful the scanner was, I thought I would share it with you all.
Scanner? Big Deal! I Just Take A Photo…
Remember, this is a photographer writing, so, it’s important to note that this is, by no means, a battle between the camera in your iPhone and the scanner function within the Notes app but, instead, an understanding of when it’s best to use them.
First, a few facts; It’s certainly true to say that the scanned capture on the iphone takes up less memory on your iphone and the scanner can stack many scans into one Notes document which is extremely convenient, particularly, when it comes to viewing said documents in the future.
I have come up with a general guide for using either one; I have found that the scanner works better on 2D captures such as documents, maps, newspaper, magazines etc. and the camera is preferable for 3D scenes such as people, landscapes etc.
How To Use The iPhone Scanner:
- Open the Notes app;
- Create a new Note;
- Press the + on the menu at the foot of the screen;
- Select “Scan Documents”;
- Hold your phone over the document you wish to scan, and it will find the edges automatically and record the document;
- The iPhone automatically prepares itself for the next scan which you can add to the previous one in the same Note document;
- When you’ve finished scanning for this scan group, tap “Save” and it will return to the Note document;
- You can add further scan groups to this Note by simply returning to Step 3 above, or you can choose to return to Step 2 for a new Note.
User Tip:
If the ambient light is poor or it is difficult for the software to find the document edges, you can intervene and press the shutter button. You will see four points on the screen and you can position each point, very accurately, where you please.
To finalise the scan, press “Keep Scan” or select “Retake” if you wish.
NB. On my first attempt, I placed my finger directly on the circle to move it but, this meant that I could not see the exact position. It’s preferable to touch the screen a little way away from the circle in order to see the circle expand and be able to view, accurately, where the destination of the corner point will be.
The image at the top of this blog is a scan taken on my iPhone of my physical business card but, if you would like to have a business card like this, get in touch so we can help you.
New Support Web App is Released:
Our mobile Web Apps are so easy to share and work for your business. We appreciate that when we’re focused at work, simple tasks can fox us when our brains are elsewhere. Therefore, we have put together a Web App purely to support our clients, and their customers, even further.
How does this help your business?
This is provided to your business to make reference to whenever you need it. What’s more, as well as supporting your own personnel, this Web App can also be shared freely with your customers to demonstrate that you are supporting them too.
Our Suggestion For Existing, and Future, Clients.
Naturally, we’re pleased if you feel that you don’t require the help provided within this Web App. Nevertheless, we would recommend that all clients add this Web App to their mobile device home screen and sit it in a folder with your personalised Web App immediately.
This can be a tool for training and supporting your own personnel and, it’s there, at your fingertips, poised, should one of your clients request assistance in this area. Imagine, how impressed your clients will be by your response to them asking for help…
Add this support Web App to your home screen now.
Another Mobile Web App Release!
Today saw the release of yet another one of our fantastic mobile Web Apps! This time, it was for a wonderful charity, Bransby Horses – Rescue and Welfare and we would like to encourage you all to add this Web App to the home screen of your phone and share it freely to people you know, in order to extend the reach of this charity. They are celebrating 50 years this year and has just accommodated the visit of Monty Roberts who is known to many around the world, including Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, as “The Real Horse Whisperer”.
Bransby Horses Mobile Web App:
View this post on your mobile device and click here to view the Bransby Horses Web App then, follow the instruction on screen to add to your home screen and it will appear as a Icon alongside your other mobile apps. To share it, simply press the black circle and select how you wish to share it; you can choose from various social media destinations or email & text it to people you know. It’s really that easy!
Would Your Business Like Its Very Own Personalised Web App?
Having your business equipped with your customised and personalised mobile Web App will help you:
- Extend your network;
- Increase your word of mouth referrals;
- Increase opportunities to sell your services and products;
- Provide an online presence, if you don’t currently have one;
- Drive traffic to your website and your social media.
All this, and more! As well as have an edge over your competitors! Get in touch and unleash the power for your business! Take a look here to find out more.
Bransby Horses – Monty Roberts’ Visit.
We were delighted to be invited to photograph Monty Roberts visiting Bransby Horses on Friday, October 5, 2018. This was a special visit by a remarkable gentleman who was an absolute pleasure to meet.
“The Real Horse Whisperer”
Monty Roberts is known to many around the World as “The Real Horse Whisperer” because of his unique way of understanding horses in a completely non-violent way. It was after he was requested, personally, to write his first book by Her Majesty, The Queen, when his autobiography, “The Man Who Listens to Horses”, hit the shelves. He has published several more books since then and, is currently working on his second autobiography, as he states that more has happened in his life since meeting The Queen than before! The Daily Mail reported, in 2016, how Prince Harry has adopted Monty’s techniques with horses and extended the impact of these teachings to helping war veterans suffering from PTSD. Monty’s ‘Horse Sense and Healing’ clinics are highly successful in this area, allowing sufferers of post traumatic stress to work with horses and this is expanding on both sides of the Atlantic.
What is even more remarkable about Monty Roberts is discovering that he had a violent upbringing and, consequently, he was developing rapidly into a violent adolescent. This violent experience was also towards horses in order to ‘break them in’. Thankfully, this environment has been alien to him now since his teens when his life went in a different direction because key, influential people entered his life and helped him change from a violent to a non-violent way of life.
Friday, October 5, 2018 at Bransby Horses
Monty visited the 50 years exhibition in the visitor centre first before taking a tour of the paddocks and, then, delivering an engaging and intimate Q&A session shared by a small number of lucky individuals in the Clifford Marshall Building of Bransby Horses.
Watch this space as we will be releasing the Bransby Horses mobile Web App very soon to mark their 50 year anniversary and this special visit of Monty Roberts.
New Product Announcement:
The road ahead is so exciting for us and it can be for you too! Our mobile Web Apps are here!
We are now providing businesses with our fantastic new suite of Web Apps to complement our commercial photography services.
Our personalised Web Apps drive traffic to your current online presence, increase word of mouth referrals and selling opportunities.
What does this mean for your business?
A small business is time consuming and there isn’t time for developing marketing strategies to bring in those benefits. You may not even have a website or online presence at all, for those very same reasons.
This is the news you’ve been waiting for ….
Who Are These Web Apps For?
We are focused on helping the small to medium sized businesses, sole traders and freelance professionals. Whichever sector you’re in, we can help bring added value to your investment through our photography and Web Apps. You won’t be surprised to hear that we’re yet to talk to a business that doesn’t want more customers.
How Does It Work?
Why not access my business card right now on your phone or tablet and save it to your home screen? You’ll be able to envisage from this just how your own personalised Web App could work for your business. From now on, you’ll never run out of cards again and you’ll always have it with you. Traditional business cards are often discarded or never looked at again! Get in touch to learn more about our fantastic suite of Web Apps that have different functions to perform but, all with the purpose of getting your business more referrals and customers.
With our business card open, see how easy it is to share it when you press the black sharing circle. Pressing this one button, you can share the Web App to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Email or Text. Imagine, for a moment, this is your Web App, people are sharing it with people they know and social media. You’re now accessing a teir of people that don’t know about your business. They share because they recommend you, and, everyone knows that, word of mouth referrals are the best you can get.
Don’t get left behind, and unleash the power of these Web Apps for your business. You can email us now to find out how our professional photography services and mobile ready Web Apps can really make the difference for your business.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
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