Turn a photo of your notes into text
Photograph or upload handwritten or printed notes and Orpheus transcribes them into clean, editable text, with maths and chemistry rendered as proper notation. The result is ready to study, search, or turn straight into flashcards.
What you can do
Handwriting and print
Reads messy handwriting, printed pages, textbook photos and PDFs, and lays them out as clean Markdown.
Maths and chemistry
Equations and chemical formulae come back as proper notation instead of garbled symbols.
Edit, copy or save as PDF
Tweak the text, copy it, or download a clean PDF of exactly the version you want.
Straight to flashcards
Send your transcribed notes to the flashcard generator in a single tap.
From backpack to searchable in a minute
Paper notes are where good study material goes to disappear. A photo takes seconds, and once the page is text it can do things paper never could: be searched, corrected, reorganised, printed cleanly, or turned into a deck of flashcards while the class is still fresh in your mind.
- Several pages at once
Upload a batch of photos or a multi-page PDF and get one continuous, ordered document.
- Exact or tidied
Choose a faithful word-for-word transcription, or let Orpheus lightly tidy the phrasing and structure.
- Everything is editable
The result is normal text. Fix a misread word, reorder sections, add what the photo missed.
- Searchable forever
Saved scans are part of your account and show up in search, months after the paper is gone.
How it works
Snap or upload
Add a photo or PDF of your notes, one page or several.
Convert
Choose an exact transcription or a lightly tidied version, then let Orpheus read it.
Use it
Edit, copy, download a PDF, or turn the notes into flashcards.
Made for real study
Digitise the term's paper notes in an afternoon, then search and revise them from any device.
Get equations, subscripts and formulae back as real notation you can study from, not smudged symbols.
Turn a whiteboard photo or a printed handout into editable text you can rework and reshare.
Get more out of it
- 1Photograph pages straight-on in even light. A flat, well-lit page transcribes noticeably better.
- 2Use tidied mode for rushed lecture notes and exact mode when the precise wording matters.
- 3Batch a whole topic into one scan, so the result reads as one document instead of scraps.
- 4Send the finished text straight to flashcards while the material is fresh.
Included with every account
Full handwriting, print, maths and chemistry transcription. Each conversion counts toward your monthly allowance.
Frequently asked questions
What can I upload?
Photos (JPG, PNG and similar) and PDFs of handwritten or printed notes, textbook pages or past papers.
Does it read handwriting?
Yes. It transcribes handwritten notes, and you can quickly edit anything it isn't sure about.
Does it handle maths and science?
Yes. Equations, subscripts, superscripts and chemical formulae are transcribed as proper notation.
Can I scan several pages at once?
Yes. Upload multiple photos or a multi-page PDF and the pages come back as one ordered document.
Is it free?
Yes, you can start for free. Each conversion counts toward your monthly allowance, and Pro removes the limit.
Ready to try it?
Orpheus is free to start. Create an account and your work saves automatically.