Add a schedule from a photo

What works

• JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, or PDF. A screenshot of a calendar works too.
• A PDF can have several pages. Farmark reads up to the first three.

Steps

1. On the calendar, choose Import (the camera button)

   If your calendar is empty, choose Import photo.

2. Pick your photo or PDF

3. Wait while Farmark reads dates and events

   It can take up to 60 seconds.

4. Look over the list

   Ready events are already ticked. Events under Check details need a look. If the only thing missing is who an event is for, the group is called Choose a person.

5. To change an event, choose Edit

   To leave one out, untick it. Choose a person for events that need one.

6. Choose the Add button at the bottom

   It shows how many events it will add, for example Add 5 events.

Past events

Farmark leaves events that already happened unticked, under Check details. Open the event’s evidence section to see the note Past date. Tick an event if you do want it.

Event names

Farmark keeps the event names printed on your schedule when they are clear, and tidies the rest. You can edit any title before you add it.

Edit an event

Choose Edit to change the person, title, date, end date, start and end time, location, repeat, and notes. Choose Save changes when you are done.

Private events

When you edit an event, turn on Private — show as Busy to hide its title, location, and notes on the family calendar. Farmark turns it on for you for appointment cards and medical or dental papers.

Monthly limit

• During a trial you can import 5 times a month. On a paid plan you can import 50 times a month. Founder Families (households that joined with a founder invite) get 50.
• The limit is for your whole family, not each person.
• A PDF counts as one import. If Farmark can’t read the photo or finds no events, it doesn’t count toward this monthly limit.
• This monthly limit is for photo imports on your calendar. The try-before-you-pay photo read has its own limits, described in Try Family Setup before you pay.
• Your count starts over on the 1st of each month. It follows UTC, so in US time zones it resets the evening before.
• After each import, Farmark shows how many you have used, for example 3/50 imports used this month.

If your phone photo won’t open

If Farmark says This browser could not read that HEIC photo, take a screenshot of the schedule, or save it as a JPG, PNG, or WebP, then try again.

If nothing is found

Farmark says Nothing clear enough to add or This photo could not be read. Try a brighter, straighter photo that includes the full page. If you still can’t get a clear result, crop closer to the schedule in your phone’s photo app.

Your photo and privacy

Reading a photo uses AI and only starts when you choose to import one. Farmark sends the photo to Cloudflare’s AI service to read the events. Farmark does not save your original photo or the AI’s raw answer on its servers. It keeps only the events you review and add. If you close the review without adding, the list is gone and you start again.

See the Privacy Policy for how photos are handled. You can withdraw permission in Settings›Calendars.