New York — If you have been tired with your fax machine, but simply hanging onto it to send the occasional signed document, then today might be your lucky day to rejoice. Adobe has been busy ever since it acquired e-signature vendor EchoSign last July, and on Tuesday updated its Adobe Mobile Reader for Android and iOS apps, adding an incredibly helpful e-signature feature that empowers users to sign and send documents right from their smartphone or tablet.
Back then, Adobe mentioned on its blog, “We want to make our EchoSign eSignature service as ubiquitous, as our Adobe Reader.” Well, that day has truly come: Today, you can download version 10.1.3 of Adobe Reader X and start signing your documents for free, with no additional software needed. Here is the blog post from Adobe with the announcement.
Moreover, the mobile version of Adobe Reader might be much more tempting for business users on-the-go now as the app has been updated with a free e-signature feature. Besides, the latest feature is applicable for smartphones, tablets, and desktops that allows users to electronically sign a document by drawing their signature with their finger on their device’s touchscreen.
Reader users can also select between adding a cursive-looking signature or drawing their “mark” directly into their PDF documents with a simple toolbar (shown in the image below). Desktop users, meanwhile, can add a typed or cursive signature.
Apart from being able to draw you signature with you finger, the app also lets you “connect to Adobe EchoSign to get others to sign documents electronically, letting you track and manage the status of documents online,” Kevin Lynch, SVP for Acrobat and Document Services at Adobe, wrote in a blog post. “And, because the signed contracts are archived in the cloud, you can easily retrieve documents from anywhere, at any time, via a web browser.”
Among the many features of the latest release, Adobe Reader users can also get others to sign documents electronically, as well as track and manage the status of their document online. Furthermore, users now have the option of real-time visibility into the signature process and status of contracts, empowering them know if their signed documents have been received.
“The days of printing, signing and faxing back signed documents are numbered,” Lynch, wrote in a blog post.
In addition to numerous novel features of Reader that include supplemental annotation tools, so you can add comments, sticky notes or other marginalia to your PDFs. And also starting with this release, Adobe has a mobile update 10.2 to Reader that will have e-signature capability, as well.
Adobe also released an update for its desktop app, Adobe Reader X (10.1.3) that includes the same signature tool. Check out the latest Adobe Reader demo video below:
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