12. A method of informing a user that sufficient data has been scanned from a document to identify the document, the method comprising: scanning the document, via a portable device, to acquire a scanned image; executing program instructions, stored in memory of the portable device, to detect user-readable words within the scanned image and to count a number of words the portable device detected within the scanned image; comparing the number of words the portable device detected within the scanned image to a threshold number for identifying a document; and indicating, via a user interface of the portable device, that a sufficient number of user-readable words have been detected within the scanned image to identify the document.
12. A method of informing a user that sufficient data has been scanned from a document to identify the document, the method comprising: scanning the document, via a portable device, to acquire a scanned image; executing program instructions, stored in memory of the portable device, to detect user-readable words within the scanned image and to count a number of words the portable device detected within the scanned image; comparing the number of words the portable device detected within the scanned image to a threshold number for identifying a document; and indicating, via a user interface of the portable device, that a sufficient number of user-readable words have been detected within the scanned image to identify the document. 16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the words in the count of the number of words the portable device detected within the scanned image only include words that comprise more than three characters.