This page covers what converts well, how to shoot, and what the schedule then does.
WeSolve+ reads the whole document and writes the questions for you
Upload your PDF, photograph your notebook, or point the camera. WeSolve+ writes questions from that material, explains why each answer is right, reads the chapter back to you as a podcast, and remembers every item you missed until you own it.
The tool below is a small browser-only tool and it is not WeSolve+: paste a few lines and text rules turn them into cards on the spot. The real app, the one that uses AI, is behind the link above.
Type the page in, keep it as cards
This is a browser-only tool, and that is all it isIt splits the text you paste by rule, and nothing else. WeSolve+ is a different thing entirely: it reads your whole PDF with AI, writes the reasoning behind every question, speaks the chapter back to you, and remembers what you missed so it can return it. Try the real app now, free!
This browser tool uses text rules, not AI, and it cannot read an image: type what the page says and definition lines become cards. The app is the part that reads the photograph itself, writes cards from it, and schedules them.
Why printed pages convert to cards so cleanly
Textbook prose is denser in liftable facts than almost anything else you study: bolded terms with definitions, dates pinned to events, laws stated in one sentence. Each is already card shaped, one prompt, one answer, so the conversion loses little. Narrative passages and worked arguments convert less directly, and that is fine: cards are for the facts; the argument's shape belongs to a summary instead.
Shooting a page so its facts survive
Fill the frame with the one page, shoot straight on rather than at an angle, and mind the gutter shadow on bound books, the curve near the spine is where characters smear. Daylight beats lamp glare on glossy paper. One clean page photographed twice costs nothing; forty pages in one frame costs everything, because resolution spreads thin and the small print that holds the definitions goes first.
One fact per card, and the app enforces it
The classic self made card fails by overstuffing: front says "enzymes", back holds a paragraph. WeSolve+ splits the page's material so each card carries one retrievable unit, a term to define, a value to state, a step to name, with the reasoning attached. Overstuffed cards feel efficient and test nothing; single fact cards feel trivial and are the version that survives an exam's phrasing.
The schedule is the point of cards
Cards without a return schedule are just small notes. The app's spaced repetition brings each card back near the moment you would forget it: right answers stretch the interval, misses shrink it. Ten minutes of returns a day keeps a photographed chapter alive for weeks, which no single rereading of the same page achieves. Photograph once; the schedule does the repetition.
When cards are the wrong output for a page
A page of derivations, a mapped argument, a labelled cycle: these live in their relations, and slicing them into isolated cards strips the structure that makes them make sense. For those pages ask for questions that probe the connections, or a summary that keeps the skeleton. Cards win where facts stand alone; know the page before choosing the output.
Where this sits in WeSolve+
Photograph the page in the app and choose flashcards as the output; the same photo can also become a quiz or an audio recap. Cards go into your deck with their schedule attached, and weak topic analysis watches which ones keep missing. The free tier includes card generation; the page you photograph today starts returning tomorrow.
| On the page | Card it becomes | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Bolded term and definition | Term front, definition back | The ideal case |
| Date pinned to an event | Event front, date back | Also works reversed |
| Law stated in a sentence | Name front, statement back | One law, one card |
| Labelled diagram | Label cards only | Relations need a question |
| Worked example | Poor card | Ask for questions instead |
| Narrative paragraph | Fill in the blank card | The app picks the gap |
Sources used on this page
- Flashcard
- Leitner system
- Photography
- Optical character recognition
- Textbook
- Image resolution
- Active recall
- Distributed practice
- Spaced repetition
- Testing effect
- Forgetting curve
- Desirable difficulty
- Generation effect
- Metacognition
- Formative assessment
- Educational technology
- Multiple choice
- Study skills
- Study guide
- Test (assessment)
- Instructional scaffolding
- Overlearning
- Item analysis
- Educational assessment
- Note-taking
- Cloze test
- Flashcard
- Judgment of learning
How do I turn a photo into flashcards?
In the WeSolve+ app, photograph the page and choose flashcards as the output. Cards are generated from what the page says and enter your review schedule.
What kind of page converts to cards well?
Fact dense print: definitions, dates, terms, laws. Derivations and mapped arguments convert badly and are served by questions or a summary instead.
How should I photograph a book page?
One page per frame, straight on, watch the spine shadow, prefer daylight over glare. Two clean photos beat one wide one every time.
What makes a good flashcard?
One retrievable fact per card. Overstuffed cards test recognition of a paragraph; single fact cards test the recall exams actually demand.
When do the cards come back?
On a spaced schedule: right answers stretch the interval, misses shrink it, so review time concentrates on what is about to slip.
Does the browser tool on this page read photos?
No, it is a typed text helper using rules. Reading the photograph itself is the app's job, with AI and reasoning attached to each card.
Last updated: 2026-08-15