There are several types of , including flatbed, sheet-fed, and handheld.

Optical character recognition (OCR) technology is often used with scanners to convert text into editable digital text.

Handheld scanners are portable and often used for scanning smaller or irregularly shaped .

A allows you to place documents on a flat glass surface for scanning.

Scanners can vary in resolution, commonly measured in (dots per inch), affecting the quality of the scanned image.

Document feeders in scanners help automate the process of scanning multiple quickly.