Import

OCR and PDF import.

Use this guide when adding pages from camera, gallery, file picker, a regular PDF, or a corpus PDF.

Inputs

Ways to add pages

  • Camera capture is best for quick page-by-page study.
  • Gallery or file import is best when scans already exist.
  • PDF import is best for full pamphlets, maamarim, sichos, letters, and downloaded texts.
  • Corpus import is best when the PDF comes from a mirrored library catalog and should be previewed first.

PDFs

Select pages before importing.

  1. Open the PDF preview.
  2. Inspect title, size, page count, and warnings.
  3. Use the page selector or range fields.
  4. Default import is limited to 15 pages to prevent accidental large jobs.
  5. Enable full-PDF import only when you intentionally need the whole document.
  6. After import, return to the project screen and use Translate whole project.
If the keyboard covers the import controls on iPhone, dismiss the keyboard before tapping Import or use range buttons such as First 15 or All pages.

OCR

OCR reads; translation interprets.

OCR extracts source text from images or PDFs. Translation turns that source into the output language. The app can use platform OCR first, then AI OCR as a fallback when configured.

Text-layer PDFUse embedded text if it is reliable; still inspect source order and footnotes.
Scanned PDFRequires OCR or image-based translation. Crop/rotate matters more.
AI OCRUse for difficult scans or PDF extraction when platform OCR is weak and a provider key is configured.
Manual-only OCRUse when you want to paste or verify source text yourself.

Editor

Fix the image before translation.

  • Crop out borders, fingers, shadows, and neighboring pages when possible.
  • Rotate until source text is upright before OCR or translation.
  • Use re-normalized edited images for provider input; the original image is preserved for repair/export context.
  • If the cropped image does not show correctly, re-open the editor and verify the saved edited image before translating.