In iOS 18’s updated Notes app, you can scan text and documents using your iPhone’s camera. Let’s look at how to do this.
How to scan text into a note
You can insert scanned text using the camera (on supported models; in supported languages).
- Go to the Notes app
on your iPhone.
- In a note, tap
, then tap Scan Text.
- Position iPhone so that the text appears within the camera frame.
- Drag or use grab points to select text, then tap Insert.
How to scan a document into a note
- Go to the Notes app
on your iPhone.

- In a note, tap
, then tap Scan Documents.
- Position iPhone so that the document page appears on the screen; iPhone automatically captures the page.
- To manually capture the page, tap
or press a volume button. To turn the flash on or off, tap
.
- Scan additional pages, then tap Save when you’re done.
The document is saved as a PDF in the note.