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Make It Say

Change a handwritten note in the same hand

Ballpoint, marker, chalk, pencil. The new words are written in the handwriting that is already on the page.

Edit the text in your image

Before and after

A handwritten note, BeforeBefore
A handwritten note, AfterAfter
Back at 5pm,Back at 7pm,
A hand-lettered yard sale flyer, BeforeBefore
A hand-lettered yard sale flyer, AfterAfter
Saturday June 7Sunday June 15

In short

There is no font to pick for handwriting, which is why design tools cannot do this. Make It Say learns the strokes from the note itself. "Back at 5pm, Love, Dad" became "Back at 7pm, Love, Mom" in the sample above, same pen, same slant, same paper grain.

How it works

  1. 1

    Upload the image

    PNG, JPEG or WebP. The text in it is found and boxed in a few seconds. No account needed for this step.

  2. 2

    Type what each line should say

    Click a box, type the new text, or translate every line into another language in one click. Fix a misread line or draw a box the scan missed. Change up to 20 lines at once.

  3. 3

    Download the result

    In 20 to 40 seconds you get a PNG with the new text in the original font, color and angle. One credit per image; your first is free.

What works

  • Notes, cards, labels and whiteboards photographed straight or at an angle.
  • Marker lettering on flyers and signs.
  • Short changes: a time, a date, a name, a number, a word or two. Rewriting a whole paragraph in one go is not what it is for.

Where the line is

Editing your own notes, mock-ups and props is fine. Handwritten receipts, signed forms and anything that counts as a document are refused by the scan.

What it will not edit

ID cards, passports, driving licences, certificates, transcripts, receipts, invoices and bank documents. The scan recognises these and the edit is refused before anything is charged. Editing them is forgery in most places, and we do not want that traffic.

Everything else that is yours to change is fine: your screenshots, your designs, your photos, images you have the rights to.

Questions

Can it change text in a scanned PDF of a handwritten page?

Export the page as a PNG or JPEG first. Scans of certificates, forms and receipts are refused; a page of your own notes is fine.

Will it look like my handwriting or a generic one?

Like the one in the photo. The strokes, pressure and slant are taken from the lines already there.

Do I need to know the font?

No. The font, weight, color, outline and slant are copied from the pixels around the line. You only type the new words.

Does it keep the resolution?

Yes. The result is a PNG the same size as the image you uploaded, and apart from the lines you changed, the pixels are the ones you uploaded. Nothing is downscaled to fit a watermark or a free tier.

Is there a watermark?

No, on free and paid edits alike.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. It runs in the browser on iPhone and Android. Upload from your camera roll, tap a line, type, download.

What does it cost?

One credit per image, however many lines you change. New accounts get 1 free credit. Then 2 edits for $1, 40 for $10, or 120 a month for $20. Failed edits are not charged. Pricing.

What happens to my image?

It is sent to the model once, stored for up to a day so the edit can finish, then deleted. Results are kept for 30 days so you can download them again. See the privacy policy.

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