SnapText: OCR & AI Tutor

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About this app

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.

— Point and capture —
Aim at any page. A yellow frame shows what SnapText will read. Pinch to zoom, 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 Google ML Kit. 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.

— Who is it for? —
• Students: Digitize lecture notes, textbook passages, and handouts instantly
• Researchers: Extract text from academic papers, books, and printed reports
• Language learners: Photograph foreign text and get instant translations and explanations
• Professionals: Convert business cards, receipts, whiteboards, and printed reports to text
• Travelers: Photograph menus, signs, and documents in unfamiliar languages

— Why SnapText? —
Unlike cloud-based OCR apps, SnapText runs text recognition entirely on your device with Google ML Kit — fast, accurate, and private. No account required to start scanning. AI explanations and translations are available with a network connection.

Download SnapText and start scanning for free. No sign-up needed.
Updated on
Apr 20, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

What’s new

SnapText is now available on Android!

• Live OCR — point your camera at any text and see it recognized in real time
• AI Tutor — ask anything about your scanned text and get instant explanations
• Offline OCR — Google ML Kit runs entirely on your device, no internet needed
• Noise removal — clean up messy scans with one tap
• Scan library — every saved scan stays in your personal library