Photo homework help: snap it, then solve it together

1. Snap it. In the AI tutor, press the camera button and take a photo of the question (on a phone) or choose a picture. From your home page, Take a photo does the same.
2. Scanned pages work too. Attach a scanned PDF with the paperclip, then use the arrows to choose the page you need.
3. Ask your question. "How do I start this?", "Where did I go wrong?" or just send the photo.
4. Work through it. The tutor explains each step and why it works. Ask about any step, take another photo of your new working to have it checked, or switch on Guide me to do the steps yourself.

• Good light, flat page, straight on. Shadows and curved pages make handwriting harder to read.
• One question per photo if the page is busy: crop or move closer.
• Write clearly for working you want checked, with one step per line.
• If something is unclear, the tutor says which part it can't read and asks you to type it. It won't guess.

Photos are shrunk on your device before they're sent (to about 1,600 pixels on the longest side), so they upload quickly even on a slow connection.

The most useful photo is often of your own working. Instead of telling you the right answer, the tutor finds the first line that goes wrong and explains why, so you fix the mistake you actually made. For maths and science you can also do your working on the TutorAura whiteboard with a mouse, finger or stylus and press Check my work.

This matters for learning: research on AI in schools found that guidance and hints protect learning in a way that answer-giving doesn't (Bastani et al., 2025). See AI homework helper.

Photos work for any subject: a maths problem with a diagram, a chemistry equation to balance, a biology diagram to label, a history source, an English comprehension passage. The tutor explains at your level, from grade 1 to grade 12. For typed worksheets, uploading the PDF is even better: see PDF homework help.

The file stays on your device. TutorAura reads the text of a PDF or Word document in your browser and sends only that text to the tutor; for a photo or a scanned page it sends one picture, shrunk to a sensible size. The file itself is never uploaded to our servers or stored. The text the tutor reads stays with that conversation so it can refer back to it, and deleting the conversation deletes it.

When you've worked through it, press Save as PDF at the top of the conversation. You get a clean copy of the whole conversation, with the maths properly typeset, to print, revise from or keep with your notes. You can also download it as a text file (Markdown) to paste into your own notes app.

• It explains, then you try. It works through each question with the reason for every step, then offers a similar one for you to do on your own. Switch on Guide me if you'd rather work it out yourself with coaching. For essays and written answers it helps you plan and gives feedback rather than writing text for you to hand in.
• It can misread a page. Text taken from a PDF can come out jumbled (tables, fractions and symbols especially), and handwriting in photos can be unclear. The tutor says what it can't read and asks you to type that part, rather than guessing.
• It can make mistakes. AI is not always right, especially in long calculations. It shows each step so you can follow it, and you can ask it to check again. For anything that counts, compare with your textbook or teacher.
• Follow your school's rules. Using AI to understand a topic and check your own work is what most teachers encourage, but your teacher decides.