From an image
The question
is a picture.
Photos of a textbook page, a scan a teacher shared, a diagram in a slide deck, a picture of the whiteboard someone posted in the group chat. None of it is text. All of it is readable if you open it in a tab and drag a box around it.
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How it works
Open the image in a browser tab
Drag the file into Chrome, or open it from the site or drive it is stored on.
Zoom until the text is crisp
The capture reads what is on screen. Zooming in before you snap improves the read on low-resolution photos.
Drag a box and ask
Solve for the answer, or Explain if you first need to know what is being asked.
What it handles
Photos of pages
A phone photo of a textbook, as long as the text is in focus and roughly straight.
Scanned worksheets
Scans shared as PDFs or images, including ones with handwriting on them.
Slide decks
A question on a lecture slide, with the diagram it refers to.
Screenshots people sent you
The image in the group chat where nobody transcribed the question.
Whiteboards
Legible board photos, though glare and angle both hurt the read.
Diagrams and charts
Where the labels and the shape carry the information the text does not.
A real one, worked out
This is the shape of every answer: the result first, then the reasoning that got there.
Question
Two angles are supplementary. One measures 3x and the other 2x + 30. Find x.
Answer
x = 30
Steps
- 1Supplementary angles add to 180 degrees. That is the fact the question is testing.
- 2Write the equation: 3x + (2x + 30) = 180.
- 3Combine like terms: 5x + 30 = 180.
- 4Subtract 30: 5x = 150.
- 5Divide by 5: x = 30.
- 6Check: the angles are 90 and 90, which sum to 180.
Supplementary is 180, complementary is 90. Mixing them up is the most common error in this topic, and the check at the end catches it.
Flat, in focus, right way up. Then I can read almost anything.
What it will not do
- It will not read a blurry, dark, or steeply angled photo reliably. Retake it flat and in focus.
- It will not accept an image you have not opened in a browser tab. There is no upload box.
- It will not be used on graded assessments.
- It will not invent the part of the diagram that is out of frame.
Solvecoon is a study aid, not an answer machine. Exams, graded quizzes, and proctored tests are off limits — see the acceptable use policy.
Questions people ask
- Is there an upload button?
- No, and that is deliberate. Open the image in a tab and snap it. The extension never asks for access to your files.
- How good does the photo need to be?
- Good enough that you can read it comfortably at normal zoom. If you are squinting, zoom in before snapping.
- Can it read handwriting in a photo?
- Often yes. Neat handwriting reads reliably, cursive is harder, and it will tell you when a character is ambiguous.
- What about a photo with several questions?
- Snap one question at a time. A capture with three questions in it tends to answer the middle one.
Stuck on something?
Select it or snap it — Solvecoon understands it.
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