RME PDF Scanner Scanning and Export Workflow
Purpose
Describe how RME PDF Scanner captures, processes, saves, and shares documents.
Who it is for
RME PDF Scanner users
Android users reviewing local document handling
Privacy and security reviewers
Prerequisites
RME PDF Scanner installed on Android 8 (API 26) or later
A non-sensitive sample document
Steps
Start a scan and capture up to 20 pages with Google ML Kit Document Scanner, or import pages from the gallery.
Review the captured pages and choose a normal PDF, JPEG page export, OCR text, or searchable PDF.
Let RME PDF Scanner prepare the chosen output locally on the device.
Choose a save destination through Android SAF, or use the Android Sharesheet to send a PDF to a receiving app.
Confirm the file in the destination or receiving app, which then handles it under its own policies.
Output handling
Normal PDF
Prepared on the device
Saved through Android SAF
JPEG page
Prepared on the device
Saved through Android SAF
Recognized text
Bundled Latin-script OCR in the active session
Copied to the Android clipboard through Copy Text
Searchable PDF
Generated locally with an OCR text layer
Saved through Android SAF
Shared PDF
Prepared locally
Sent only after the user selects a target in Android Sharesheet
Storage and sharing boundaries
RME PDF Scanner does not provide cloud storage or a persistent document library. SAF lets the user choose the final destination, which may be device storage or an installed external provider. RME PDF Scanner does not receive that provider's account credentials or control its retention practices.
Temporary app-private files may be created for processing or sharing. They are not a persistent RME PDF Scanner library. External viewers, storage providers, and share targets apply their own terms and privacy policies once a user selects them.
Common issues
The final filename and destination are controlled by the system picker or selected provider.
A filename suggestion is category-based and editable; it is not an automatic document classification record.
Do not use a shared file or an external destination as evidence that RME PDF Scanner retains a copy.
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