VDScan vs Aetherly

Scan paper documents, labels, signs with the camera and recognize text. Listen using built-in text-to-speech. Save and export. Unlimited use: no subscriptions or additional charges. State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor lighting conditions. Works entirely on device: No need for internet and your data stays private. Recognizes text in the following languages: Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. ScanTone, a sound that represents the amount of recognizable text in the camera's field of view in real time. It uses artificial intelligence to analyze the live feed from the camera for text, angle, rotation, and document edges. Exports scans as plain text or accessible PDF with embedded text. Detailed Feature List Scanning - ScanTone - Live edges/crop detection - Flashlight - Batch mode for scanning multiple pages quickly - Intelligent auto capture Image - Automatic edge detection for stretching and cropping - Manually cropping - Automatic orientation detection and rotation - Manual image rotation - Automatic image enhancement OCR - Fast: about a second on the latest iPhone - Offline: does not require Internet connection - Private: image and text stay on device - Automatic language detection - Option to see image or recognized text Text To Speech - Choose from 61 voices - Premium voices in Voice Dream Reader available - Change speech rate - Option to start reading as soon as OCR is complete - Spoken word is highlighted in the text or the image - Rewind and fast forward by text section (VoiceOver users only) - Double tap on text to start reading from there Import and Export - Load from Photo Library - Share extension for sending images to Scanner from another app - Export plain text - Export PDF with text layer under the image so that it's accessible, searchable and selectable - Export to Voice Dream Reader

Aetherly sends your files straight to the other device, peer to peer, with no detour through a server. Drop in your files, then choose where they go: a contact, or one of your own devices. A contact receives a request and decides. Your own devices, as long as they are online, simply receive. There is nothing to accept and nothing to wait for. DIRECT, NOT CLOUD Files travel device to device over an encrypted WebRTC connection. They are never parked on a server for the other side to fetch later, so the transfer begins the moment the connection does. The server handles sign-in, your contact list, permission checks, presence, connection setup and your history. The history records what was sent and when. The files themselves never touch it. YOUR OWN DEVICES ARE A PRIVATE LANE Sign in on your phone and on your desktop and they find each other. No request, no confirmation, no contact to add. A photo you take on the phone is on the desktop before you have switched chairs. SEND TEXT, NOT ONLY FILES A link, an address, a booking code, a paragraph you want on the other screen: send it as text instead of turning it into a file first. Switch on automatic clipboard copy on the desktop and received text goes straight into your clipboard. The link from your phone is then one paste away, with no file to open and delete afterwards. WORKS NEAR AND FAR On the same network the connection stays local, which is as fast as your Wi-Fi allows. Across the internet the two devices connect to each other directly. Locked-down corporate firewalls can refuse a direct connection, and Aetherly cannot transfer on those. HAND A TRANSFER TO ANOTHER DEVICE An incoming transfer does not have to be accepted where it arrives. Send it to another desktop on your account and it downloads there instead. If that device is offline, declines, runs out of space or no longer has the file, the request comes back to you rather than quietly vanishing. REACH BACK INTO YOUR HISTORY Your history covers every device on your account, not just this one. If a file is still on one of them and that device is reachable, request it from here. No re-sending, no asking the other person again. PRESENCE IS OPT-IN You decide when your contacts can see you. Turn it on to see who is online, turn it off to stay private. PLANS Free sends up to 500 MB per transfer, 5 files at a time, across 2 devices. Basic raises that to 2 GB and 20 files across 5 devices. Pro removes the size limit entirely and allows 300 files across 15 devices. No resume — both devices must stay connected until the transfer reaches 100%. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple ID. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://aetherly-app.com/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://aetherly-app.com/en/privacy/