How StudyLens works
From a textbook photo to a personalised exam plan — exactly what happens at each step.
STEP 01
Open StudyLens, tap Scan
From the dashboard, tap the big purple Scan card. Your phone camera opens.
💡 Pro tip: Use good lighting. Lay the textbook flat. Get the whole page in frame.
STEP 02
Snap up to 100 pages
Take a photo of one page at a time. Add more with the + button. You can scan a whole chapter at once.
💡 Pro tip: Slight angles are fine — the AI auto-straightens and cleans up the photo.
STEP 03
AI reads your pages
Claude reads every word on every page, detects the language (English / Afrikaans / 9 SA languages), and figures out the subject and grade level.
💡 Pro tip: Takes 30 sec for 1 page, ~2 min for 10 pages. You'll see a live progress bar.
STEP 04
Get your study guide
AI builds a rich, structured study guide — sectioned headings, bold key terms, tables for comparisons, examples — in the language of your page. Looks like a hand-crafted exam-prep doc.
💡 Pro tip: Switch language on any guide with the Globe icon. Useful if your home language differs from your school language.
STEP 05
Flashcards + quiz auto-generated
Every set also gets at least 8 flashcards and 5 multiple-choice quiz questions. Tap them from the set page.
💡 Pro tip: Star the cards you want to drill more — they'll appear first in review mode.
STEP 06
Practice test for exam prep
A longer practice test mixes multiple-choice, true/false, short answer and long answer — like a real SA exam paper. Includes a model answer memo.
💡 Pro tip: Do this 2-3 days before your real exam, not the night before.
STEP 07
Add your exam, AI builds your plan
Tell StudyLens your exam date and total study hours. The AI Exam Planner builds a day-by-day schedule from the study sets you've scanned for that subject. Plan peaks in the final 3 days (spaced-repetition curve).
💡 Pro tip: More scanned sets = better plan. Scan as you go through the chapter, not the night before.
11 SA languages
English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, Setswana, Sepedi, Xitsonga, siSwati, Tshivenda, isiNdebele.
Private by default
Photos aren't stored long-term. Never used to train AI. Never sold. POPIA-aligned.