# File extension for OCR

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/file-extension-for-ocr/1131730
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** beginner, aia, help
**Created:** [February 28, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/file-extension-for-ocr/1131730 "2021-02-28T11:25:49Z")
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### Author: ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/file-extension-for-ocr/1131730/7 "2021-03-05T17:48:34Z")

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~~I haven’t used that API but I’m guessing it might need the photo block, not the url. You may need to check the documentation for that.~~

Have you tested this with a mobile device?

@codeswept might have a better idea since they have worked on an OCR app

And just an aside since I changed the size of the image you posted to make it a bit smaller, you can do that with any image you paste/upload in the forums by adding a comma followed by a percentage after the resolution. For example, I added “,40%” to yours:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/8/a827b08937b976f4a7a3721ecafea0dc9c19c879.png)

See [this](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-resize-images-on-the-forums/907937) for more info.

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