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Originally Posted by jamison20000e
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From experience, the cameras on that are probably not in the same league as some of the other devices referenced here (like Pixels or iPhones), but they aren't entirely unusable (they're better than 640x480!). Also software compatibility probably won't exist for 'apps' - it's more of a SBC-with-a-touchscreen-and-battery-that-can-also-make-phone-calls kind of machine.
A quick web search found me this, smaller, scanner (which Epson says they make linux drivers for):
https://epson.com/Support/Scanners/E...SPT_B11B252201
I'm sure there are others like it - not quite ideal if you're only using it a few times year, but will do a better job than photo-of-paper 'scans' in terms of readability, especially if your recipient intends to OCR the text (as I imagine would be the case with tax documents). I found this by looking for 'portable document scanner' - that Epson isn't really unique or novel, just an example (and luckily one with official linux drivers, although I imagine many basic scanners should work in *nix).
Something else to consider, if you just need Android, is a tablet as opposed to a phone - many of them have cameras, but also have larger screens which may make manipulating a 'scanned' (photographed) document easier, and I imagine they probably end up cheaper (relative to their specs) on the used market because they have little utility once they become outdated (they cannot be used as 'phones' and after a point become unsuitable as gaming/media devices), but that's just an assumption (and could be wrong).
