Scan Documents to PDF Online
Use your phone or webcam to scan documents and save them as clean, shareable PDFs. No app required — works right in your browser.
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Scanning a document used to mean walking to a flatbed scanner, fiddling with a desktop driver, and hoping the output landed somewhere you could find it. Today your phone is a better scanner than most office machines — Dokfo's free Scan to PDF tool taps that camera directly from your browser, so you can capture a document, an ID card, a receipt, or a whiteboard and turn it into a PDF in seconds. The workflow is simple: open Dokfo on your phone or laptop, grant camera permission once, and hold your camera over the page. Dokfo captures the frame, lets you adjust the cropping area, and assembles a clean PDF ready to email, archive, or upload to a portal. Multi-page documents work too — just keep capturing pages and they're added to the same PDF. Because Dokfo runs in your browser and not as a separate app, there's nothing to install, nothing asking for full filesystem access, and no extra account to create. Camera permission is granted only to the open browser tab and revoked the moment you close it. Captures stay on your device — no upload to any server.
How to Scan a Document to PDF — Step by Step
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Open Dokfo's Scan to PDF tool on your phone or webcam-equipped computer. Grant camera permission when your browser asks — permission is scoped to this tab only.
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Hold the camera over the document and capture each page. Adjust the crop area if needed so only the document is included, not the surrounding desk or background.
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Add as many pages as you need, then click "Save as PDF". Dokfo assembles the captures into a clean PDF that downloads to your device automatically.
Why Scan to PDF With Dokfo?
No App, No Install
Skip the app store. Dokfo works in Safari on iPhone, Chrome on Android, and any desktop browser with a webcam. Zero install, zero permissions beyond the camera.
Multi-Page Capture
Scan a single page or build a multi-page PDF by capturing one page after another. All captures are bundled into a single, ordered PDF.
Captures Stay on Your Device
Camera frames are processed and assembled into a PDF locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded — important when scanning IDs, contracts, or sensitive paperwork.
Works on Any Device
Phone, tablet, laptop with webcam — Dokfo runs the same on all of them. No platform-specific app, no separate version to maintain.
When to Use Scan to PDF
- Quickly digitize a paper receipt, invoice, or bill for an expense report or tax filing.
- Capture a passport, driver's license, or ID card and email it as a PDF for a visa application or KYC verification.
- Scan handwritten notes, whiteboard sketches, or meeting minutes and save them as a searchable archive.
- Photograph contracts, NDAs, or signed forms in the field and send them straight to your office as a clean PDF.
- Build a multi-page scan of a small booklet, manual, or pamphlet — capture each page and Dokfo combines them automatically.
Camera Frames Stay on Your Device
Dokfo's Scan to PDF tool uses the browser's built-in MediaDevices API to access your camera. Frames are captured into in-memory canvases, processed locally, and assembled into a PDF using pdf-lib — all without any server upload. Camera permission is scoped to the open tab and revoked when you close it. There is no background recording, no cloud storage, and no third-party sharing of any captured content.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Scan to PDF
Do I need to install an app?
No. Dokfo runs entirely in your browser. Open the page in Safari (iPhone/iPad), Chrome (Android, desktop), or any modern browser with camera access — no app store install required.
Does it work on iPhone and Android?
Yes. Dokfo's scan tool works on iOS Safari, Android Chrome, and most other modern mobile browsers. Just grant camera permission when prompted.
Can I scan multiple pages into one PDF?
Yes. Capture each page in sequence and Dokfo combines them into a single PDF in the order you captured. Reorder or delete pages before saving if needed.
Are my scans uploaded to your servers?
No. Camera frames are processed locally in your browser and the resulting PDF is saved directly to your device. Open the Network tab in Developer Tools while scanning to verify — zero image data is transmitted.
Can I make the scan searchable?
After scanning, run the resulting PDF through Dokfo's OCR PDF tool. OCR adds a searchable text layer so you can Ctrl+F to find any word in the scanned document.
How do I get good scan quality?
Use even, bright lighting, hold the camera parallel to the document, and fill the frame with the page. Higher-resolution cameras (modern smartphones) produce sharper output than older webcams.
Does the PDF have a watermark?
Never. Scanned PDFs come out clean — no watermark, no branding, no Dokfo footer.
Is camera permission permanent?
No. Camera permission is granted only to the current browser tab and is revoked when you close it. Dokfo cannot access your camera at any other time.