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Read a scan

Read a scan on Mac mini M5 Pro, 24 GB

Apple M5 Pro. 24 GB. 307 GB/s.

Source: Apple Newsroom, 15 Oct 2026

Read a scan

Runs well

The document reader to pick when the scan is more than a clean page of print.

Reads text from scans (OCR) the way a person would, including tables and multi-column pages.

Install guides from the makers

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