Scan from printed or hand written recipes


You can import recipes from screenshots, printed cookbooks, or even hand written recipes stained by tomato sauce.

Plum Recipes can read them all!

Step 1

In the Plum Recipe app, tap + to add a recipe and select Scan from Photo.

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Step 2

Tap the Camera button.

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If asked, make sure you tap Allow

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Step 3

Once you see the camera, tap on the Shutter icon to take a picture. You can take multiple pictures and scan multiple pages at once.

Once you’re done taking pictures, tap Save

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Step 4

Plum will now do its magic extracting and formatting the text. Once completed, make sure to check the text and edit if necessary.

Once you’re happy, tap Save

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Pro Tip

You can manually extract different images to be ingredients or instructions, or leave to Plum to decide. This can be useful when looking at lists that span multiple pages.

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Happy cooking! 🙌