Documentation

Everything you need to know about staik NOTE.

Getting started

  1. Click "Try for free" on the homepage, or log in with your own API key from api.staik.se.
  2. Take a photo, choose an image from your device, or paste a screenshot (Cmd/Ctrl+V). With your own API key you can select multiple images at once.
  3. Click "Transcribe" — the AI extracts all text from the images. Multiple images are processed sequentially.
  4. Copy the text, download as a .txt file, or share directly. With multiple images you can copy all text combined.

Supported formats

Image formats

  • JPG / JPEG
  • PNG
  • HEIC / HEIF (automatically converted)
  • WebP
  • GIF

Content types

  • Handwritten notes
  • Printed text and documents
  • Signs and labels
  • Receipts and invoices
  • Whiteboards and presentations
  • Screenshots with text

API reference

staik NOTE uses the staik API (api.staik.se) for text extraction. You can also call the API directly from your own code.

POSThttps://api.staik.se/v1/chat/completions

Authentication

Bearer token in the Authorization header. Get a key at api.staik.se.

Model

qwen3-vl:8b

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.staik.se/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3-vl:8b",
    "messages": [{
      "role": "user",
      "content": [
        {"type": "text", "text": "Extrahera all text ur bilden."},
        {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "data:image/png;base64,..."}}
      ]
    }]
  }'

Response

The response follows the OpenAI chat completion format. The extracted text is in choices[0].message.content.

choices[0].message.content → "Den extraherade texten..."

Limitations

  • The demo account has 25,000 tokens per day and supports one image at a time.
  • With your own API key you can upload multiple images at once.
  • Maximum image size: ~20 MB (base64-encoded in request body).
  • The model supports one image per request — multiple images are processed sequentially.
  • Result quality depends on image sharpness and text legibility.
  • The model may struggle with heavily rotated or distorted text.

Plans and pricing

The demo account is free with 25,000 tokens/day (one image at a time). With your own key you get more tokens and multi-image support. See all plans at api.staik.se→

Tips for best results

  • Photograph straight-on with even lighting.
  • Avoid shadows and reflections.
  • Make sure all text is visible in the image.
  • Higher resolution gives better results.
  • Crop the image to the relevant area for faster processing.