PhotoMath is a free mobile app that uses your smartphone’s camera to solve math calculations for you. PhotoMath makes math equations as simple as taking a picture. Just point your camera at any math equation, PhotoMath recognizes it and solves the equation. PhotoMath uses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to read math expressions and solve them within seconds.
There is a Red Frame in Photo math app that lets you to capture math equation.
PhotoMath not only helps users to solve equations but also gives step by step guide showing How each problem is solved. Most of the people think that this app will make students lazy, but the step by step problem-solving guide provided by PhotoMath will be helpful for the students who do not have access to a tutor and struggling with solving math problems. It also helps in checking results while doing homework or studying. If you don’t use it for evil then it’ll turn your smartphone into a very useful studying tool.
Current version of PhotoMath can solve
Arithmetic expression, Fractions, Decimals, Powers, Roots, Simple Linear
equations. Some advanced math features can be added to later versions
of the app.
PhotoMath can recognize printed
problems only. So any hand written text will not be solved by this app.
It cannot solve word problems and problems related to geometry,
Calculus. The Red Frame in PhotoMath will also have limitations because
there may not be enough spacing between two separate math problems in
the text book to capture the equation that you want.
London based company, MicroBlink has created this app. According to App creator, PhotoMath makes math easy and simple by educating users How to solve math problems. MicroBlink also created PhotoPay, an app that can pay bills by scanning through camera lens.