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Feature request: scan diagrams (eg. from literature)

When studying with books (yes, that is still a thing! :-) ), I use Lichess analysis options to help me visualize and study.
It would be very handy if I could use my mobile phone (or tablet) and take a picture of the diagram and have it imported in e.g. the 'Import Game' tab.

I'm pretty sure a lot of you would like this feature as well.

Being able to recognize the pictures of a real game would also be very nice, but let's keep that feature request to someone else ;-)

This has been requested before by eg. lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/scanner-feature-suggestion#1
I'm pretty sure something like that already exists
@ZLFZ said in #2:
> I'm pretty sure something like that already exists
Do you have a link to it ?
EDIT: Chessvision.ai is what I would recommend. You use the camera on your mobile to take a photo'. This is then processed and you have the option of opening the position in Lichess analysis or in chess dot com. In each case you would be opening the analysis in the web version of the sites. Still pretty impressive.
@DerekMcGill said in #3:
> Do you have a link to it ?
Hedgehog named one of those sites. I can't remember the site where I found such a feature some months ago.

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