The words you run into usually stay on paper — there's never time to retype them. Snap the page: memofluent reads the text, picks what's worth learning and builds cards with translation, an example and sound.
A project is a set of cards on one topic — a textbook page, a letter, a menu. All it takes is a photo and ninety seconds.
On the home screen, below the progress block, there are four ways to create a project: from text, from a photo, by voice, or by hand. Tap “📷 From photo” — the caption underneath hints at what works: a menu, a letter, a textbook.
A name — your own (“Lesson 3 — textbook photo”) or leave it blank and the date is used. The language of the image — whatever is written on it; audio follows the same language. Your native language — what we translate into. Then pick the file: JPEG, PNG or WEBP.
The text is read in memory and the image itself is never stored. A few seconds later you see the words that were found. If the shot didn't work out you get an honest “nothing recognised” and a “↺ Another image” button — retake it and try again.
The text gives up the words worth learning: too-common ones are skipped, and so are the ones you already know. The list is right there — untick what you don't need. Every word already carries a translation, a level and a sentence from your own photo.
It shows up under “📁 Projects” with the rest. From there use any mode: cards, learn, test, grammar or audio. Several projects on one topic can be grouped into a course.
Three screens and the project is ready. It all happens in one window — nowhere to navigate.
Words the system did not suggest are added by selecting them right in the text.
Photo import works both in the browser and in the iPhone app. On a phone it is simpler: you shoot the page right where you are — in a cafe, in class, in front of a notice board.
The image is processed and discarded — only the text reaches the project.
A photo doesn't give you a bare word list. Each word arrives with what it takes to actually remember it.
Photo import wasn't built for textbooks — they just happen to be what's usually at hand.
Recognition gets sharper the flatter the frame. A few small things noticeably improve the result.
The difference isn't convenience — it's whether you sit down to study at all.
| By hand | From a photo | |
|---|---|---|
| 30 words off a page | about half an hour | about a minute |
| Translation | look it up | filled in at once |
| Example | make one up | taken from your text |
| Audio | — | included |
| Word level | by eye | A1–C2 automatically |
| What usually happens | “I'll do it tonight” | the deck is ready now |