Scan any page or PDF into searchable notes
Upload a PDF or photograph a handwritten page. The neural OCR turns it into clean, editable notes you can search and study.
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Photograph it,
read it as text
Textbooks, DOCX files or a photo of a notebook page: the OCR reads it and hands back clean notes you can edit, search and summarize.
- 100K+People Using NoteBase
- 70%Less Time Spent Taking Notes
- 2M+Notes Created with AI
- 500K+Pages Converted to Notes
Scan handwritten notes,
get editable text
Photograph a notebook page or a whiteboard; the neural OCR converts the image to text online - clean, editable Markdown.
- Extract text from an image: PNG, JPG, HEIC
- Handwriting becomes editable notes
- Headings and lists survive the scan
Summarize any PDF,
keep the study guide
The AI PDF summarizer pulls the key ideas out of textbooks, PDFs and DOCX files into notes you can revise from.
- Convert PDF to notes with AI, chapter by chapter
- Definitions and takeaways lifted out
- Turn it into flashcards and quizzes
How to Convert a
PDF or Image to Notes?
NoteBase reads documents and photographed pages with AI OCR and returns editable notes in three steps.
Upload the document or photograph
Upload a PDF, DOC or DOCX file, or a photograph of a page, notebook or whiteboard in PNG, JPG or HEIC format. Multi-page PDFs are read in full.
Select the output language
Choose the language the notes should be written in; more than 100 languages are supported. Auto preserves the language of the document.
Edit, revise and export
The result is a clean, editable note with headings and lists preserved. It can be searched, turned into flashcards and practice questions, or sent to Notion.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I convert photos of handwritten notebook pages into editable text?
Photograph the page and upload it to NoteBase. The AI OCR recognises handwriting, whiteboard content and scanned documents and returns editable, searchable text within seconds, with headings and lists preserved.
What's the best AI to summarize a textbook PDF and make study guides?
NoteBase's AI PDF summarizer extracts the key concepts of a chapter into structured notes and then generates study guides, flashcards and practice questions from the same material, so the chapter can be revised without rereading it.
How accurate is the OCR on handwritten notes?
The OCR is designed for real-world pages: handwriting, whiteboard photographs and pages shot at an angle. Accuracy depends on legibility, so we recommend checking numbers, names and formulas once before relying on them.
Are tables, headings and formulas preserved?
Yes. Headings and lists become the note's structure, tables are kept as tables, and formulas are returned as editable text.
Can I combine several pages into a single note?
Yes. A multi-page PDF is processed as one note, and a sequence of photographs can be uploaded together to form a single document.
Which file formats and limits apply?
PDF, DOC and DOCX documents and PNG, JPG and HEIC images are supported. The free plan includes 5 uploads of up to 100 MB in total, stored for 30 days; NoteBase PRO offers unlimited uploads and 10 GB of storage that is kept.
Are my uploaded documents private?
Yes. Your files and notes belong to you alone, are never used to train public models, and can be deleted from your account at any time.