SCAN & OCR PREPARATION GUIDE
For documents, accurate characters matter more than attractive texture. Better capture and careful review are often more useful than adding AI detail to unreadable words.
This is a preparation and review guide. Dedicated PDF, multi-page and OCR processing is not available in this release.
Try Standard photo enhancement ↗Avoid glare and shadows across the page.
Keep all four page edges in view.
Read the smallest numbers in the original.
A PRACTICAL WORKFLOW
For documents, accurate characters matter more than attractive texture. Better capture and careful review are often more useful than adding AI detail to unreadable words.
Place the page on a flat contrasting surface, illuminate it evenly and keep the camera parallel. Include every page edge and avoid shadows from your hand or phone. Check small numbers at full size before moving on. A retake with better focus can be faster and more reliable than trying to reconstruct uncertain text.
Use a scanning app or editor to correct perspective and orientation. Crop the document boundary and improve contrast carefully so light punctuation is not erased. Export a supported JPG, PNG or WebP if you want to test Standard enhancement elsewhere on this site. PDF import, page extraction, multi-page handling and OCR are not available here.
Read dates, totals, account numbers and addresses directly from the original when possible. AI can sharpen an incorrect character as confidently as a correct one. Do not rely on generated text reconstruction for a legal, financial or identity document. Keep source scans alongside recognized text for review.
GOOD QUESTIONS
No. The current image uploader accepts single JPG, PNG and WebP images. This release has no PDF or multi-page document processor.
It may sharpen some edges but cannot verify what ambiguous characters originally said. Rescan or retake the page whenever possible.
No. OCR is a separate recognition step. This guide explains how to prepare a clearer source and verify recognized text.
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