Read foreign language books.
Understand everything.
Mark words in the book you're reading. Scan the page. scanvocab turns your marks into a personal vocabulary trainer — translations, examples, spaced repetition.
Mark → Scan → Study
One photo per page. That's the whole workflow.
Your analog time stays analog
Don't interrupt your flow
No dictionary detours, no phone on the table. Mark and read on — the lookup happens later, automatically.
Reduce your screen time
The phone appears exactly once: to photograph the pages you finished. Then it goes back in your pocket.
Understand everything, eventually
Every marked word comes back as a card with its sentence from your book, scheduled just before you'd forget it.
C1 is where courses end and books begin.
The vocabulary between you and a native speaker doesn't live in textbooks. It lives in novels.
Your learning journey, your data
No lock-in
Everything you collect exports to plain text. If you leave, your vocabulary leaves with you.
Use the tools you love
Import your scanned vocabulary into Anki, or any other language learning app you already use.
A record of what you read
One deck per book, and every word keeps the sentence it came from. Your vocabulary doubles as a map of everything you've read.
Simple pricing
- Heavy reading — the top scan allowance
- Unlimited studying & export
Questions
Which languages?
The Latin-script languages — German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian and more (about 20).
How do I mark words?
However you like — highlighter, underline, or a circle around the word. Keep marking the way you already do; we'll find them.
What photos work?
A flat page in daylight is ideal — but curved pages, café lighting and a bit of skew work too. (Example gallery coming here.)
What level do I need?
Roughly B1/B2 and up: you should be able to read a book in your target language and follow what's going on. scanvocab is for the words you don't yet know — not for learning from zero.
How do I use it?
Right in your browser, or install it to your home screen and use it like an app.
Do I need a credit card to register?
No. An email address is all you need to start on the free tier.
Can I get my data out?
Yes — export everything to CSV any time, with Anki export on the way.
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