# Convert handwriting to text

> Write on paper, take a photo of the page, and Axsuro turns it into text, tasks, events and notes you can keep working with.

Source: https://www.axsuro.com/help/en/convert-handwriting-to-text · Updated 2026-11-02

With Axsuro you keep writing on paper. One photo of the page is enough: Axsuro reads every line, recognises what it means and puts it where you keep working. You need no special notebook and no digital pen.

## How it works

1. **Write as you always do.** Any paper works: lined, squared or blank. You can mix English and German on one page.
2. **Take a photo of the page.** In the Axsuro app for iPhone, tap the big button in the middle, then "Take a photo". In the browser, open [app.axsuro.com](https://app.axsuro.com) and choose **Add pages**. Photos you already have and PDFs work there too.
3. **Axsuro reads the page.** It usually takes a few seconds. The page is read even if you close the app or the window.
4. **Check what was found.** Every line shows as text next to the photo. Tasks and events wait for your yes when Axsuro is not quite sure.

> **Tip:** Want to try it first? [app.axsuro.com/try](https://app.axsuro.com/try) opens an example page that is already read, with a short tour.

## What a line becomes

Axsuro tells apart what you wrote:

- A line **without a marker** becomes a thought. Lines that belong together stay one thought.
- With a **marker** at the start of a line you decide what it becomes, for example `todo:` for a task or `cal:` for an event. All markers are listed under [Markers](https://www.axsuro.com/help/en/markers).
- **Drawings** are recognised as sketches and cut out of the photo.

## Whole pages as typed text

If you wrote a longer text, such as a draft or minutes, write `doc: Title` at the top of the page. Everything below becomes a typed document, word for word, in a normal font. You can edit, comment, export and print it.

It works without the marker too: open the read page and choose **Save as document**.

## When something was read wrong

Handwriting is personal, and sometimes Axsuro reads a word wrong. Open the page and tap **Fix** on the line. Axsuro remembers your correction for the next pages. More under [When Axsuro reads a line wrong](https://www.axsuro.com/help/en/fix-a-misread-line).

## Good to know

- For good results, take one page per photo, from straight above, in good light. More under [Photograph your pages well](https://www.axsuro.com/help/en/photograph-pages).
- Your pages are stored in Frankfurt (EU) and are never used to train AI models. More under [Where is my data?](https://www.axsuro.com/help/en/data-and-privacy).