Scan a worksheet into a word list
Point your camera at the list your child brought home — Spelly reads the words and turns them into practice.
Open the scanner
Tap ✏️ Create New List, then 📸 Load from image. On a phone this opens the camera; on a laptop you can upload a photo or a screenshot instead.
Take a clear photo
Fill the frame with just the word list, keep the paper flat, and avoid your own shadow — the same things that make a photo readable to you make it readable to Spelly.
Printed worksheets scan best. Neat handwriting usually works; hurried handwriting is the one case where typing the words is faster.
Check the words, then play
Extracted words appear as tags. Remove anything that isn't a spelling word (headings, the date, your child's name) with the ✕ on the tag, add anything missed by typing it, then name the list and press Continue.
Common questions
The scan missed a word or added junk. What now?
Edit the tags directly — ✕ removes one, and typing adds one. The list is yours to fix before any practice starts.
Can I scan a page from a book?
Yes, any photo works. Spelly looks for word-list-shaped text, so a page of flowing prose gives messier results than a list.
Does scanning work in other languages?
Yes, for the languages Spelly supports — set the practice language first so the words are read back with the right voice. See practising in another language.