Scan thousands of photos as fast as 1 photo per second at 300 dpi, and batch-scans up to 35 photos at a time. It is also document scanner with character recognition which converts scanned images into readable text. Can scan photos, documents, thicker photos (such as polaroid) and panoramic photos at 300dpi or 600dpi as a JPG or TIFF. The computer that is connected to this device has GIMP and Windows Paint 3D photo editing software.