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Scan your menu, step by step

Give the AI your printed menu. It reads every item and price. You check the list first. Open the link at the end of a step for more detail.

The page

Go to Menu. Tap Scan Menu (AI).

  • Top: two tabs, Upload a file and Paste a link.
  • Middle: the box for your menu pages.
  • Bottom: the Scan my menu button. The AI cost is next to it.

Read more: Scan your menu

1. Add your menu

Tab: Upload a file.

  • Drag your menu onto the box. Or click the box to pick a file.
  • You can send photos, a PDF, an Excel file or a CSV file.
  • You can send up to 5 pages. Example: the front and the back.
  • Press ✕ on a page to remove it. Press Add more for one more page.

Read more: Scan your menu

Tab: Paste a link.

  • Paste the web address of your menu page.
  • A link to a menu PDF also works.
  • A Google Drive link does not work. Upload the file instead.

Read more: Scan your menu

3. Scan

  • Press Scan my menu.
  • The app sends your pages one at a time. Then the AI reads them together.
  • This takes about half a minute. Do not close the page.

Read more: A menu in another language

4. Check the list

The AI shows a list in four parts.

  • Menu structure: the new sections.
  • New items: the dishes and drinks you do not have yet.
  • Price changes: the old price and the new price.
  • Fill in details for items you already have: empty boxes it can fill.
  • Click a name to change it. Click a price to fix it.
  • Pick another section from the list if the AI chose the wrong one.
  • Press ↺ to use what the AI read again.

Read more: Wine and drink sections · Brand photos for drinks

5. Apply

  • Every line has a tick. Remove the tick on a line you do not want.
  • Press Apply in the bar at the bottom. It says how many changes you picked.
  • Nothing on your menu changes before you press it.
  • New items get their tags now. This costs a small amount of credits.

Where it goes: a new price shows to guests at once. New items stay hidden.

Read more: Ingredients on a dish

6. Fill in the details

The screen now says Menu updated. A box can show Fill in the details.

  • It shows how many items still have empty details.
  • It shows the cost on the button.
  • Press Fill in the details to fill them. Example: the grape and the year of a wine.

Read more: Fill in the details

7. Show the new items

The box Your new items are hidden shows how many items wait.

  • Check the new items in your menu first.
  • Then press Show them on the menu.

Where it goes: the new items are now on your public menu.

Read more: Edit a dish, step by step · Change them from the list

What the guest sees

What the scan addsWhen the guest sees it
A new priceAt once, after Apply
A filled detail on an item you haveAt once, after Apply
A new itemOnly after Show them on the menu
The line under an itemAs the short blurb on the menu list