Scanning with just the camera on the back of the device is an area of iOS that has been around for many years and has matured significantly over that time. The latest generation of iOS scanner apps, coupled with ever-better cameras on our devices are really very usable scanners indeed. Couple that with increasingly sophisticated post-scan workflows and you have a tool that James Bond could only dream of.

On last week’s episode of Canvas, we talked about one of the kinds of mobile software that has been reinvented by the iPhone’s camera – scanner apps. There’s a lot of choice when it comes to scanning documents and going paperless on iOS. You can listen here.