ScanScan
ScanScan, also known as Baimiao, extracts text from images and scans documents.
What ScanScan is
ScanScan, also known as Baimiao, extracts text from images and scans documents. Its OCR handles printed and handwritten text, horizontal and vertical layouts, and multiple languages. The camera can detect document edges, then capture and crop a scan. Choose color, black-and-white, grayscale, or enhanced-original output, and combine scans into PDFs. Batch processing can recognize images together and combine results; the web OCR page supports up to 50 images at once. It can also convert image tables to Excel files and translate among Chinese, Japanese, English, Korean, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, German, Portuguese, Italian, Cantonese, and classical Chinese. The browser version offers OCR, table conversion, and PDF-to-text export as DOCX or TXT. Scans of both sides of an ID card can be arranged on A4, with optional color, monochrome, and watermark settings. ScanScan has a free plan and supports Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. The maker says web users get daily free-use counts but does not state the number. App registration and purchase enable member features on the web.
Good
- Recognizes printed and handwritten text.
- Scans can be combined into PDFs.
- Converts image tables into Excel files.
- Supports batch OCR and 13 translation languages.
- Available on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows.
Watch out
- Web registration and membership purchases require the app.
- Each registered account is limited to five logged-in devices.
- Heavy member use may be limited to 500–1,000 images daily.
Who it suits
ScanScan suits students, office users, and anyone who wants to extract or translate text from images, scan IDs, or archive paper documents as PDFs. It is also useful for people who need image tables converted to Excel.
Verdict
ScanScan brings OCR, document scanning, table conversion, translation, and PDF creation together across several platforms. Its daily web allowance is unspecified, and the user agreement sets device and heavy-use limits for accounts.
Plans and prices
From ScanScan's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| 普通会员 | CN¥30, paid once | Unlimited OCR · batch recognition · document scanning · table recognition · Wi-Fi recognition · translation · One-time payment; permanent access |
| 黄金会员 | CN¥50, paid once | Unlimited OCR · batch recognition · document scanning · table recognition · Wi-Fi recognition · translation · One-time payment; permanent access |
The facts
Each one read from ScanScan's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account limit
- The user agreement limits each registered account to five logged-in devices.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes use cases including student notes, translating photographed text, office document transcription, book excerpts, receipts, ID scans, and archiving paper files as PDFs.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Batch limit
- The web OCR page says it can recognize up to 50 images at once.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Batch processing
- It can batch scan images, recognize text, and generate PDFs, and can combine recognition results into one text.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Document scanning
- The camera can automatically detect document edges and capture and crop scans.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Handwriting OCR
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- ID scanning
- It can create an A4 scan combining both sides of an ID card, with selectable color or black-and-white output and an optional watermark.checked 9 Oct 2026
- OCR
- Its OCR supports handwriting, vertical and horizontal text, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, German, and French.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The homepage says advanced recognition is encrypted; it does not specify a security certification or compliance standard.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- ScanScan (白描) is an OCR, document scanning, and ID scanning app.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Scanning
- The camera can automatically detect document boundaries and capture a scan, with color, black-and-white, grayscale, and enhanced-original modes.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Scan output
- Scans can use color, black-and-white, grayscale, or enhanced-original modes and can be combined into PDFs.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- The user agreement says images are uploaded to the server for OCR and deleted afterward rather than stored on Baimiao’s server.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The App Store listing says users can send feedback in app settings or email [email protected].checked 8 Oct 2026
- Supported inputs
- bothchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Table recognition
- It can recognize tables in images and convert them to Excel files.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Tables
- AI recognition can turn tables into Excel files, and the site says recognition accuracy improves through automatic learning.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Translation
- It supports mutual translation among Chinese, Japanese, English, Korean, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, German, Portuguese, Italian, Cantonese, and Classical Chinese.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Usage limit
- The user agreement says member use has no total count limit, but heavy users may be limited to 500–1,000 images per day depending on server load.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Free use
- The maker says users who use it lightly can use it free, with free daily usage counts.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The maker site identifies Uzero and lists an address in Chaoyang, Beijing.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The maker lists PC, Mac, iOS, Android, a mini-program, and a browser version, and says one membership works across platforms.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Primary platform
- bothchecked 23 Sep 2026
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