# I need to add the function of scanning numbers to my program, but I can't find that extension. somebody help me

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** design, beginner\
**Created:** [July 14, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-to-add-the-function-of-scanning-numbers-to-my-program-but-i-cant-find-that-extension-somebody-help-me/677553 "2020-07-14T09:09:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![bookjoaok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bookjoaok](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bookjoaok)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-to-add-the-function-of-scanning-numbers-to-my-program-but-i-cant-find-that-extension-somebody-help-me/677553/1 "2020-07-14T09:09:59Z")

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I need to add the function of scanning numbers to my program, but I can’t find that extension. somebody help me

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**Author:** ![when-button1.clicked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@when-button1.clicked](https://community.thunkable.com/u/when-button1.clicked)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-to-add-the-function-of-scanning-numbers-to-my-program-but-i-cant-find-that-extension-somebody-help-me/677553/2 "2020-07-14T09:23:23Z")

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> [@bookjoaok](#):
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> scanning numbers

Can you explain more what is scanning numbers?

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**Author:** ![bookjoaok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bookjoaok](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bookjoaok)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-to-add-the-function-of-scanning-numbers-to-my-program-but-i-cant-find-that-extension-somebody-help-me/677553/3 "2020-07-14T21:01:36Z")

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scan, numbers and texts on paper

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**Author:** ![knownkeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@knownkeep](https://community.thunkable.com/u/knownkeep)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-to-add-the-function-of-scanning-numbers-to-my-program-but-i-cant-find-that-extension-somebody-help-me/677553/4 "2020-07-14T21:09:08Z")

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There is no OCR component, but you could take a picture with camera component, upload/post image to an OCR API, and get the OCR text back from the API.

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**Author:** ![bookjoaok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bookjoaok](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bookjoaok)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-to-add-the-function-of-scanning-numbers-to-my-program-but-i-cant-find-that-extension-somebody-help-me/677553/5 "2020-07-14T22:05:15Z")

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Thank you Friend. I give up on the idea. I won’t make it

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**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-to-add-the-function-of-scanning-numbers-to-my-program-but-i-cant-find-that-extension-somebody-help-me/677553/6 "2020-07-30T19:45:12Z")

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Nothing complicated here

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-to-add-the-function-of-scanning-numbers-to-my-program-but-i-cant-find-that-extension-somebody-help-me/677553/7 "2024-11-08T12:26:53Z")

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