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How to share a whiteboard photo — and what to share instead.

Short answer

To share a whiteboard photo, the basic path is: take the photo with your iPhone camera, then share via Messages, Slack, or email. For better results, use BoardSnap to capture and correct the image first, then share the AI-generated summary text instead of the raw photo — a clean summary is more useful to recipients than an image of a board they weren't at.

## Option 1: Share the raw photo

How: Take a photo with the iPhone camera. Tap Share → choose Slack, Messages, Mail, or any app.

Best for: Teams where everyone was in the meeting and just needs a reference photo.

Not ideal for: Sharing with people who weren't in the meeting — they have to decode the photo, which may be angled, poorly lit, or hard to read on a phone screen.

## Option 2: Share a perspective-corrected photo

For a cleaner photo:

  1. Capture with BoardSnap or Microsoft Lens — both correct perspective automatically
  2. Save the corrected image to the camera roll
  3. Share via the share sheet

The corrected photo is easier to read on a screen. Still requires the recipient to read and interpret the board themselves.

## Option 3: Share the BoardSnap summary (recommended)

This is what most recipients actually want — a readable text version of the board's content:

  1. Snap the board with BoardSnap
  2. Let the AI process the summary and action list
  3. Tap ShareCopy Text or choose a share destination directly
  4. Paste into Slack, email, Notion, Confluence, or any tool

A formatted summary with labeled action items takes 30 seconds to read and requires no interpretation. The raw photo takes 3-5 minutes to decode, if the recipient looks at it at all.

## Option 4: Share as PDF

Via the iOS share sheet → Print → Save as PDF. BoardSnap's summary can be PDF'd this way. Useful for formal deliverables or documentation.

## What makes a sharable whiteboard photo readable

If you're sharing the photo (not the summary), make it legible:

  • Perspective-corrected (BoardSnap, Lens, or Notes scanner)
  • High contrast — dark marker on white board, good lighting
  • Horizontal orientation if the board is wider than tall
  • Add a brief text caption describing the meeting context

Without caption context, recipients don't know when the board was created, who was in the room, or which items are decisions vs. tasks.

Frequently asked

Can I share a BoardSnap board with someone who doesn't have the app?

Yes — the share sheet exports plain text, images, or PDF. The recipient doesn't need BoardSnap installed. The export is a standard text block or image file that works anywhere.

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