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AI · June 16, 2025

ScanX

Upload documents and get clean, extracted text.

ScanX launched on June 16, 2025 with 16 votes, #962 of 7,999 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

ScanX lets you upload scanned documents and extract readable text It works with images and photos You can use it to digitize notes convert handwriting or pull text from forms No setup required just upload and get clean plain text instantly

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