The cloud storage service can extract text from photos taken with Windows Phone devices, useful for shots of business cards, train schedules, and memos. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Microsoft Lens is shutting down. If you’re looking for a similar alternative, you can now use OneDrive app to scan documents ...

Microsoft's cloud storage service now has the ability to extract text from images through a process known as optical character recognition (OCR). The Bing-powered technology is the first of several ...

Microsoft has added the ability to automatically scan uploaded photos to SkyDrive via optical character recognition, in an attempt to catch up to Google. Microsoft also touted the success it has had ...

Want a Microsoft Lens alternative? 5 scanning apps you can try today ...

Microsoft has confirmed it will retire its mobile document scanning app Microsoft Lens, formerly known as Office Lens.

After releasing a preview of the handy document scanning app for Android in April as well as an official version for iPhone, Microsoft has now made it available for Android in the Google Store to 130 ...