What is a good FOSS Android app to scan documents and immediately convert them to pdfs? On Microsoft Lens, you can take multiple scans and also merge different ones together to create a combined PDF. Thanks.

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Lens is the one thing I still use from Microsoft. None of the competition works nearly as well for b&w/greyscale plus angle correction and multiple PDF pages.

On top of that it is completely local, doesn’t make you sign into an account, doesn’t ask for location access, and doesn’t phone home (at least what I have been able to see).

The only thing that Microsoft makes that I will choose over open source alternatives. Knock on wood that they don’t change it.

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There’s a fork of OpenBoard with gesture typing. Finally made me switch.

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Damn, will try this one !

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I get that. I tried Swiftkey a few years ago for a few months, but I still typed normally like a pleb lol.

Though the setup for Anysoft is just better for me with language switching. I can’t fault anyone for their keyboard choice because it is such a specific feel.

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Save the APK

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Have you tried Google stacks?

It’s quite solid, but I’ve not used lens to compare it to.

Obviously the privacy is no better, but it exists.

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