# Camera document scanner — multi-page capture, no upload

> Free document scanner in your browser: use your phone or webcam with live edge detection and multi-page capture to scan documents. Frames never leave your device.

Turn your phone or webcam into a document scanner with live edge detection and multi-page capture, then review your pages before finishing. Every frame is processed in your browser, so nothing you photograph is uploaded.

A phone camera is a perfectly good scanner if the software does the work: detecting the page in frame, capturing multiple sheets in a row, and letting you re-shoot mistakes. Doing all of that in the browser means you can scan sensitive paperwork — an ID, a contract, a medical form — without it ever leaving the device.

The live edge detection is what separates a scan from a snapshot; it frames the page so the later crop and de-warp steps have clean corners to work with.

From here, straighten and clean pages with Crop & de-warp and Deskew, then finish with Build PDF or Searchable OCR.

## How to

1. **Allow the camera.** Grant camera access; the scanner shows a live view with edge detection.
2. **Capture pages.** Snap each page — the document edges are detected as you go.
3. **Review.** Check the page strip and re-shoot anything blurry.
4. **Finish.** Send the pages to crop, filters, OCR, or a finished PDF.

## FAQ

### Do I need to install a scanner app?

No. It runs in your mobile or desktop browser using the device camera, so there's nothing to install and no account to create.

### Can I scan multiple pages into one document?

Yes. Capture pages one after another into a single session, reorder them, then export them together as a multi-page PDF.

### Is a browser scan as good as a real scanner?

With edge detection plus the de-warp and filter steps, a phone photo gets close to a flatbed scan — clean, cropped, and high-contrast — for everyday documents.

### Are my scans uploaded to a server?

No. The camera frames are handled entirely on your device; there is no upload endpoint, which is what makes this safe for IDs and paperwork.


## Related tools

- [Crop & de-warp](https://www.safepaper.app/scan/auto-crop)
- [Build PDF](https://www.safepaper.app/scan/to-pdf)
- [Searchable OCR](https://www.safepaper.app/scan/ocr)
- [Import photos](https://www.safepaper.app/scan/import)

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There is no upload endpoint — your files are processed in this browser tab. Open your network tab and check.