SharinPix Mobile App: Text Recognition on Scan (OCR)

It is possible to enable text recognition (OCR) during a scan using the SharinPix mobile app. This feature allows you to extract the text while scanning documents and images. The extracted text will be uploaded alongside the scanned document/image and will be accessible within your Salesforce organization.

This article demonstrates how to use the Text Recognition on Scan (OCR) feature.

Note:

The Text Recognition functionality is disabled by default.

For more information on how to enable this feature, refer to the following article: SharinPix Mobile App: Deeplink syntax

After enabling the text recognition feature, open the SharinPix mobile app and select the scan mode, as shown in the screenshot below:

The scan screen shows up:

• Scan a document or an image containing any text

• Once the scan is done, click on Next then Done

Click on the submit button to upload the image

Access Scanned Text on SharinPix Image Object

The text extracted during the scan is stored in the SharinPix Image Object in Salesforce in the OCRText__c custom field.

The following shows an example: