Damir Sabol, owner of software company which developed the PhotoMath application, uses the application on his smartphone in Zagreb. PhotoMath is a free app that scans and solves equations, providing a step-by-step explanation. — Reuters
ZAGREB — Damir Sabol, Croatian computer expert and entrepreneur, was helping his son with his maths homework when he had an idea. "I found it a bit tedious, all those additions and multiplications, so I reckoned, 'We already have intelligent software, why not make it deal with maths?'" Sabol said. The result was PhotoMath, a free app that scans and solves equations, providing a step-by-step explanation. It has been downloaded more than 11 million times since its introduction in October, and it was just updated on Thursday to take it to high school level. An Android version is due in days. The app is based on the same technology as an earlier app called PhotoPay that was introduced in 2012 by Sabol's company, which is also called Photo Pay. That app facilitates mobile banking, by scanning household bills and paying them instantly. He said the PhotoMath averages about 1.5 million users every month and he had received scores of emails from grateful students, parents – and even teachers. – Reuters
