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Scan paper lists, photos and voice memos
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Got a list on paper or in your head? Scan it or say it. Text and speech are recognized on your device.
Scan a paper list #
- Tap New List, then Or from paper.
- Choose “Scan Paper List” to use the document camera, or “From a Photo of a List”. On the Mac it’s “Import from Photo…” or “From Photos Library”.
- SwiftList reads it on your device (“Reading the list on this device…”).
- Check the Scanned List preview, then tap Create.
The Scanned List preview #
- List name.
- Items, each with its level. Use Indent, Outdent, Delete and Add Row to fix anything.
- Mark each row completed or not.
- Attach the scan: “Keeps the paper original with the list.”
What the reader understands #
Check boxes, bullets, numbers and letters, indents, and “Heading:” lines, which become parents with the lines under them nested inside. Neat handwriting works better than quick scribbles.
Free includes 3 scans in total.
Photos on items #
See Items, Photos.
Voice memos #
In an item’s Details, under Voice Memos:
- Record Voice Memo. “Tap to record”, then “Recording… tap to stop and save”.
- Play or pause, and drag Position to scrub.
- Transcribe turns speech into text on your device (“Transcribing on this device…”). With Premium it runs by itself after recording. It needs on-device speech support for your language.
- Delete Memo.
Free includes 3 voice memos. Transcripts and searching inside them are Premium.