Photo to Document
A good photo makes a better document
A practical guide to photographing pages, choosing OCR languages, checking text and choosing the right download format.
1. Photograph the page clearly
Place the page on a flat surface with even light. Hold the camera parallel to the paper. Keep the whole text in focus and avoid your own shadow, glare and cropped letters. A sharp original is more useful than simply enlarging a blurry image.
2. Choose and prepare your images
Add JPG/JPEG, PNG or WebP. HEIC, TIFF, GIF, PDF and Word input are not supported. On an iPhone, use a compatible JPEG export or a screenshot. The tool checks decoded dimensions as well as file size; if a limit is reached, reduce the resolution or process smaller batches.
3. Set the recognition language
Choose the language actually printed on the page: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French or German. Chinese + English and Japanese + English are useful for mixed pages. Website language is separate and does not translate your document. Language detection is not automatic.
4. Check orientation, crop and order
Rotate sideways pages before recognition. Crop excess borders without cutting letters, or restore the original image. Move pages with the up/down buttons or drag them into order. These image changes also apply to the image PDF.
5. Recognize and proofread
Run recognition and wait for each page. Compare the output with the image, especially names, numbers, punctuation and line breaks. You can edit each page, copy the text and retry a failed page. Retrying or restoring OCR text can replace edits, so read the confirmation first.
6. Choose the right output
DOCX is for further editing in Word or compatible software. Text PDF has selectable, searchable text and new page layout; it is not a facsimile and is not as freely editable as Word. TXT keeps Unicode text with light formatting. Photos to PDF preserves images only and creates no selectable text.
Keep your work before leaving
Download the final file before refreshing or closing the tab. Documents live in memory only. Clear all removes the current task and file references; it does not promise secure erasure of underlying device memory.