Why Students Need a Textbook Scanner
Textbooks are the primary source of homework assignments in most courses. Teachers assign problems from the end of each chapter, but textbooks typically only include answers to odd-numbered problems. This leaves students stuck on even-numbered problems with no way to check their work or understand where they went wrong.
Our textbook scanner solves this problem completely. Scan any problem from any textbook and receive a detailed solution. It does not matter whether the answer is in the back of the book or not. The scanner solves the problem independently using AI, so it works for every question, every edition, and every publisher.
Supported Textbook Publishers
Our scanner works with textbooks from all major educational publishers. The OCR engine is specifically trained on the formatting, fonts, and layouts used by these companies, ensuring high accuracy when reading textbook pages.
- Pearson (including MyLab and Mastering)
- McGraw-Hill (including ConnectMath)
- Cengage (including WebAssign)
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Wiley (including WileyPLUS)
- OpenStax (free textbooks used at many colleges)
- Any other publisher or self-published course materials
How Textbook Scanning Differs from Worksheet Scanning
Textbook problems often include context from earlier in the chapter. A problem might say "Using the data from Table 3.2, calculate the mean and standard deviation." Our scanner understands these references and asks you to include the relevant table or data in your scan. When the referenced material is visible, it incorporates that data into the solution.
Textbook questions also tend to be more complex than worksheet questions. They frequently involve multi-part problems (a, b, c, d) where later parts build on earlier answers. Our scanner solves all parts in sequence, using each intermediate result to calculate the next answer correctly.
Scanning Textbook Diagrams and Figures
Many textbook problems reference figures, graphs, or data tables on the same page. When you scan these along with the question, our AI reads the visual elements and uses that information in its solution. A physics problem showing a force diagram, a chemistry problem with a molecular structure, or a math problem with a graph will all be processed correctly when the visual context is included in the scan.
Tips for Scanning Textbooks
- Press the textbook flat to avoid curved text from the binding
- Include the problem number so the scanner identifies which question to solve
- If the problem references a figure, include that figure in the same scan
- For multi-part problems, scan the entire question at once
- Good lighting eliminates glare from glossy textbook pages
Open-Book Exam with a Textbook?
Even during open-book exams, using a phone scanner app is typically prohibited. The phone itself is the problem, not the scanning.
Need covert assistance? The Button Camera captures textbook pages and exam questions without any visible technology.