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Uploading from Your Mobile Device

Essal Office runs in any modern mobile browser, so you can upload documents from your phone or tablet without installing an app. This is useful for capturing receipts, letters, or any paper document on the spot.

Opening Essal Office on Mobile

Navigate to your Essal Office URL in your phone's browser (Chrome for Android, Safari for iOS, or any modern mobile browser). Log in with your email and password as normal.

The interface adapts to smaller screens: the sidebar collapses into a menu icon, and the document list switches to a single-column card view.

Uploading a File from Your Phone

  1. Tap the Upload button on the dashboard or the + icon in the top bar
  2. Your phone's file picker opens
  3. Choose Browse files to select a document already on your device, or tap Camera / Take Photo to capture a new image

When you use the camera option, the photo is uploaded as an image file and passed through OCR to extract any text.

Tips for Capturing Documents on Mobile

For the best OCR results when photographing a document with your phone camera:

  • Place the document on a flat, non-reflective surface
  • Use good lighting — natural daylight is ideal, avoid harsh direct shadows
  • Hold the phone directly above the document, not at an angle
  • Make sure the entire document fits within the frame with minimal background
  • Keep the camera steady and wait for it to focus before taking the photo

Tip: If you have a scanning app on your phone (such as Microsoft Lens, Apple Notes scanner, or Adobe Scan), use it to produce a clean, perspective-corrected PDF before uploading to Essal Office. This consistently produces better OCR results than a raw camera photo.

Uploading Multiple Pages

Mobile camera uploads create one document per photo. To capture a multi-page document, you have two options:

  • Use a mobile scanning app that supports multi-page PDFs, then upload the resulting PDF to Essal Office
  • Upload each page as a separate document, then use the Merge Documents feature to combine them into one

After Uploading

Processing works identically to desktop uploads. Once the document is processed, you can review and edit its metadata directly from your phone browser — the document detail view is fully functional on mobile.