How To Scan A Document On Android Using Google Drive

In this video, Timmy shows you how to scan a document with your Android phone with the Google Drive app.
If you need to scan a document and you don't have a scanner, but you do have a phone or tablet, you can very easily scan a document without a scanner with the help of this cool feature in the Google Drive app.
And in this video, Timmy shows you how it's done.
Unfortunately this only works on Android, not iOS. So if you want to scan something on your iPhone or iPad, you'll have to try an alternative method.
Once you've scanned your document and uploaded it to Google Drive, you can download it to your phone from Google Drive and do whatever you want with it there.
Or, you can share it with someone via Google Drive which Timmy shows you how to do in this video:
• How To Share Files On ...
Or, you can go to drive.google.com on your computer and download the document to your computer as Timmy shows you in this video:
• How to Download Files ...
Table of contents:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:39 Scanning The First Page
00:02:19 Adjusting The Edges
00:02:53 Colored Documents
00:03:51 Scanning Additional Pages
00:05:03 Saving Your Scan
00:06:40 "Waiting For Wifi" Issue
00:07:19 What Can You Do With Your Document?
00:08:43 See You In The Next Video

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Unfortunately, I've just found out this only works on Android, not iPhone or iPad. Sorry iOS users.

[@sjbock]

Very helpful. Thanks. I've just been photographing documents with my phone but this will be better.

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@fc7424]

Does it use more data than using a printer/scanner to do it?
Also, does it tell you as you scan a multiple page document how big the file is in mb's? So that you don't make the file to big to stay under email attachment mb file limits?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

It will vary depending on the scanner, the phone, and the contents of the document. But generally, scanning with a phone would probably result in a smaller file size than scanning with an actual scanner.
And no, I don't think it does show you the size of the file as you're scanning it.

[@michellejohnson3867]

Thank you Timmy this helped me tremendously trying to change my old modem for an up to date one xx

[@techtimewithtimmy]

I'm glad I could help!

[@dr.colleenmarshall2314]

Thank you. I found this very simple.

[@techtimewithtimmy]

I'm glad I could help!

[@williamwoodington]

Thankyou im looking for this for so Long. Now i can save money.😊

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!

[@lisaahmari7199]

Thank you so much! You are saving me with this tutorial!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!

[@cristazirgulis535]

Thank you Timmy this was so helpful!!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!

[@kiransahota3556]

Excellent teaching. Thankyou too much

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you!

[@tirzaferrer2140]

Thank you so much for helping me to learn this important skill. You really helped me today 😊🙏

[@techtimewithtimmy]

I'm glad I could help!

[@donnasmith171]

very good and thorough information keep it going

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you!

[@ClassicHappiness]

Thank you it's helpful

[@techtimewithtimmy]

I'm glad to hear it!

[@EppingForest304]

Very useful information 👍

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you, I'm glad to hear it!

[@partlyironic]

say I'm scanning multiple documents. if I tap save and wish to come back later and add more scanned pages, how would I go about doing that?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Unfortunately I don't think there's a built in way to do that. The best option would probably be to create a second PDF file with the second batch of pages, and then download them both to your computer and merge the two documents together with a PDF merging tool like this:
smallpdf.com/merge-pdf

[@cyberpunkr1531]

Superb. Thank you!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome! I'm glad to hear it!

[@dariasdshain9554]

Great Job thank you

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you!

[@jeramiahjordan7286]

Unfortunately, this does not appear to be possible using the Drive app on an iPhone.

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Oh, sorry, I was sure you could do it on an iPhone as well. I can't see why you can't. But I've just tried it on an old iPhone and sure enough, you're right.
Sorry about that, I'll update the title of the video.

[@patriciataylor7991]

Thanks Timmy. I'm looking for a lightweight tripod to hold my Android phone steady over documents while I scan them. Any recommendations?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

I usually just hold my phone, so I don't really have any personal recommendations, but something like this would probably do the trick:
amzn.to/44DKjn0

[@patriciataylor7991]

@techtimewithtimmy thanks Timmy

[@ZackStargaze]

your channel is so cool lol

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you!

[@missunderstood1395]

My android is not giving me no option after I scanned the document

[@kandi_canel.5730]

Thank you!!!!!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome!

[@sirinanduri7895]

Then how do I get the paper from that how

[@techtimewithtimmy]

This is only to scan a digital copy of the document and keep it in Google drive. If you want another paper copy, you will need to have a printer, and then you can print out the scanned document.

[@lovemorekayeyi2807]

Nice

[@arunachivukula5231]

How to send the document to my email

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Tap the three dots, tap send a copy, tap the email icon in the menu that appears, then the pdf will be attatched to an email.