How To Fax From Your Android Smart Phone For Free!

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So a while back I needed to fax my resume every which way I possibly could being a new guy in a new town I needed a job. Job = Found, but getting there was kind of rough. I often found myself searching the web and finding places I'd love to work at but just didn't have the fax machine to fax a resume (in some cases they needed things faxed rather than email and I'm not sure why). I was without hope until I realized I have one of the greatest (at the time) smartphones of all time in my pocket. So i whipped out that OG Droid from Motorola and spent hours hunting for some sort of apps to maybe fax stuff that I took a picture of to a fax number. This turned into a 3 step process.

Step 1: Find an app that will allow me to scan a document for clear reading. Step 2: Find an app that will allow me to fax said document. Step 3: Air high five myself for being so awesome.

The scanning app wasn't hard to come by there are a number of apps designed to scan documents. The fax was a little harder, actually it was a great deal harder. I must have spent well over an hour scouring the Play Store (Android Market at that time) before actually finding a free app to fax with. Don't get me wrong there are a lot of great apps out there that will fax for you but it usually costs 25 cents or so every time you fax and I was throwing down some heavy packs of paper. This brings me to where we are now I finally found Files Anywhere for my faxing needs and Cam Scanner for my scanning. Both are free but there are paid versions of at least Cam Scanner and you can pay to make Files Anywhere pro which would be awesome if you use it a bit.

Cam Scanner:
Great app with a newly updated interface that allows you to take a picture of a piece of paper or whatever and have it scanned to send however or just to keep to read later. It turns whatever you have into a PDF file which is good for most of the world. Don't worry about getting the shot perfect but try to get it close. Cam Scanner comes with some editing tools to crop perfectly and stretch that baby out to perfection so it looks awesome. Examples are below.

The finished product doesn't look the best but looks pretty good considering it's from a phone. Point is don't replace that scanner just yet.

Part 2 of this app adventure is...

Files Anywhere:
Files Anywhere is the fax portion. You have a set amount of space via Files Anywhere that is cloud based so you can upload whatever you need to be faxed. This is not enough space to fax a book so unless you want to pay extra for space keep it simple. It does what it is supposed to do fax wise and actually gives you a space for a cover letter to be added which I loved so you don't have to actually include a cover letter you can just type it on the fly ( great option in my opinion ). Its interface hasn't changed since I got it but it is still simple and one of the most useful things I have on my phone.

Final Score: N/A

Play Store Link: CamScanner

Play Store Link: Files Anywhere