About SnapText
Turn printed text into digital text in seconds. SnapText scans textbooks, notes, and documents with your camera, then lets you ask an AI tutor anything about what you just captured.
Key Features
📸 Point and capture Aim at any page. A yellow frame shows what SnapText will read. Pinch to zoom and move it with two fingers. Live OCR recognizes text right inside the camera view, so you can check accuracy before saving.
✨ Clean results every time Remove noise and OCR artifacts with one tap. Use offline cleanup for privacy, or server-side cleanup for longer passages. Copy the cleaned text straight into any app.
💬 Ask your AI tutor Open a saved scan and tap "Ask AI." Get explanations, step-by-step solutions, summaries, or translations. The AI uses the full scanned text as context, so answers stay focused on what you actually captured.
🔒 Offline OCR keeps you private Recognition runs entirely on your device using Apple Vision on iOS and Google ML Kit on Android. Your camera feed never leaves your phone. Only AI chat needs a network connection.
📚 Everything saved, always with you Every saved scan stores both the original image and recognized text. Zoom into images with pinch gestures, copy text to any app, and revisit every study session in one library.
🌏 24 recognition languages English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Finnish, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Vietnamese, Thai, and Hindi.
Use Cases
- 📖 Study math, chemistry, biology, and history with step-by-step AI explanations
- 📝 Digitize class notes, research papers, and meeting minutes
- 🌐 Translate foreign textbooks as you read
- 🧾 Extract receipts, labels, and handouts into searchable text
- 📄 Pull quotes and citations straight into essays
- 🍜 Scan and translate restaurant menus
Technical Specifications
OCR Engine
- iOS: Apple Vision Framework (fully offline)
- Android: Google ML Kit (fully offline)
AI Model Powered by state-of-the-art generative AI for explanations, summaries, translations, and Q&A on scanned text. AI features require a network connection.
Security All OCR processing happens on-device. Camera feed and image data never leave your phone. Only text is transmitted for AI features.
Pricing Plans
| Plan | Price | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Basic OCR, limited AI questions, ad-supported |
| SnapText Pro | ¥500 / month (local equivalent) | No ads, significantly more AI questions |
The paid plan is an auto-renewing in-app subscription. Cancel anytime through your app store.
Get Started Today
No sign-up required. Start scanning in under 10 seconds. Just point your camera at textbooks, notes, or documents and let AI help with your learning and work.