Is there an Android app that will enable me to send a fax? I would like to print a form, fill it out, scan it, and then use my phone to send that document to a fax number. Is it possible?
I was recently asked to fax an important form, but I don’t have a landline or a fax machine. In fact I no longer know anyone who does. It just seems archaic to me (especially as no other options were given). I think there are online services for this, but since the form contains private info I’m reluctant to upload it anywhere (or rely on a closed source app, supposing there is one).
I think a special trip to some physical location will be necessary. Print services?
It would be even better if you don’t print the form, just fill it on the device and add a signature
I believe there just one proprietary app, a paid one, that supports T.38 (the protocol needed to be able to send facsimiles)
Of curse, would need a compatible SIP provider to pay for the call that is routing your fax to the recipient machine.
Yes, Fax is totally obsolete now, and replaced by emails (w attachments). Long time ago, a fax was required as a kind of proof (legally speaking). But it is no more required, an email is the same now.
So the question is : who is asking for a Fax nowadays ? it is a bit strange to me.
You can probably guess. The government and older financial institutions, slow to change, are still processing forms using fax.
I ended up going to a print shop where it cost me $3 a page to send a form for retirement services. Ironically I received instructions to fax the form via email…
Here is another example. Suppose you want to go backpacking in a national park (Backcountry Permit - Grand Canyon National Park (U.S. National Park Service)). Your choices to obtain the backcountry permit are to a) fax them the form, b) mail it to them, or c) show up in person with it. In this case I think the inconvenience might be intentional.
Fax is obsolete yet we’re walking around with a modem in our pockets at all times. Its kind of crazy what our phones are capable of (and yet also not capable).
