Photograph your pages well

The clearer the photo, the better Axsuro reads your handwriting. With a few simple rules it works almost every time on the first try.

#Four rules for a good photo

1. One page per photo. For an open notebook there is the double page, see below.
2. From straight above. Hold the phone parallel to the page, not at an angle.
3. Good light. Daylight is ideal. Make sure no shadow of your hand or phone falls on the page.
4. The whole page. Take the complete page, including its page number. Axsuro cuts away the table around it.

#Several pages in a row

In the app, tap Next page after each photo and the camera opens again. Photos upload right away and are read in the background. Without a connection they stay on the phone and are sent as soon as you are back online.

#Double pages

You can take an open notebook in one photo. Choose Double page when adding. Axsuro cuts the photo at the fold into two pages, left first, and reads each of them.

#PDFs and photos you already have

Under Add pages, choose Photos or PDF. A PDF becomes one page per PDF page, up to 50 pages per file. That way you can also bring in pages you scanned with another app.

#Whiteboards and flipcharts

Choose Whiteboard when adding. Axsuro then reads coloured marker pens, boxes, columns and sticky notes, and ignores reflections and half-wiped writing. Markers such as todo: work there just as on paper.

#Page numbers

When a page has a number, Axsuro files it in the right place in the notebook. Without one, Axsuro asks "Which page is this?". The Axsuro Powerbook has printed page numbers and a QR code, so this happens by itself. You don't need it, though: any paper works.

Tip: If a page could not be read despite a good photo, it shows under Pages with Try again.