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Text Lens (OCR Scanner) on Windows Pc

Developed By: Dhruv Rathi

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.0132
Size 22.1 MB
Release Date March 18, 17
Category Productivity Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (5)]

What's New:
> Save the extracted document in your Dropbox account. > Listen to the text in the document. > Import an already saved doc to scan. > Save as TXT... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Want your documents in text form and edit them without writing them down yourself?
Text Lens scans them for you, give you the text, you edit it and then save it in your phone and i... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Text Lens (OCR Scanner) and install on Windows PC. Text Lens (OCR Scanner) is free Productivity app, developed by Dhruv Rathi. Latest version of Text Lens (OCR Scanner) is 1.0132, was released on 2017-03-18 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100. Overall rating of Text Lens (OCR Scanner) is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Text Lens (OCR Scanner) on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Text Lens (OCR Scanner) on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Text Lens (OCR Scanner) on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Text Lens (OCR Scanner) using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Text Lens (OCR Scanner)" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Text Lens (OCR Scanner) on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Text Lens (OCR Scanner)" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.0132.

Download Text Lens (OCR Scanner) 1.0132 on Windows PC – 22.1 MB

Want your documents in text form and edit them without writing them down yourself?
Text Lens scans them for you, give you the text, you edit it and then save it in your phone and in your personal Dropbox account without any cost.

Just click a photo and in seconds using the inbuilt Optical Character Recognition engine the text will be at hand.
The data altogether will be safe so that only the user can access it.

Important TIPS:

1. Ensure there is no shadow or glare while capturing the image on Text Lens.

2. The document should be held such that characters are vertical to the scanner.

3. Ensure proper lighting before scanning.
> Save the extracted document in your Dropbox account. > Listen to the text in the document. > Import an already saved doc to scan. > Save as TXT file in the phone itself. > Share the file with others. > Contribution Portal added.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to access information about networks.