# Scan a schedule into calendar events

> Import a printed schedule, selected photos or text, then review every event before saving.

Document ID: phantom-help:phantomcal/scan-schedule-ios
Product: PhantomCal
Platforms: iOS
Updated: 2026-11-02
Availability: Standalone PhantomCal is in preparation; these instructions describe the shared calendar experience in current preview builds.
Tested app version: Not recorded
Tested build: Not recorded
Tested OS version: Not recorded

Source: https://llms.phantomsecure.app/phantomcal/scan-schedule-ios.md
Human guide: https://phantomsecure.app/help/phantomcal/scan-schedule-ios/
Agent guide: https://llms.phantomsecure.app/phantomcal/scan-schedule-ios/
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Full handbook: https://phantomsecure.app/llms-full.txt

## Choose the source

In the current iPhone or iPad calendar preview, tap **Scan Schedule**. Choose one of these options:

- **Scan with Camera** uses Apple's document camera when the device supports it.
- **Choose Photos** lets you select up to eight existing images without granting access to the entire photo library.
- **Enter Schedule Text** lets you type or paste a schedule.

Recognition happens on the device. The workflow does not send the images or recognized schedule text to a PhantomVault service. Scanning alone never creates calendar events.

## Check the text first

Open **Edit Recognized Text** if the scan missed details. Use **Schedule Text** to correct titles, dates and times. One event per line, with an explicit year and start and end times, gives you a clearer result to review.

Check **Reference date** for text that omits a year and the **Time Zone** used to interpret times. Choose **Find Events in This Text**. If you already edited candidate events, **Replace Events from This Text** replaces those candidates and edits; it does not add anything to the calendar yet.

## Review every event

1. Open each candidate in **Review events**.
2. Correct the title, date, year, start, end, location and notes.
3. For **All day**, set the intended inclusive **Last Day**.
4. Resolve the details called out under **Check these details**. Use **I Checked the Title, Year, Dates and Times** only after comparing with the source.
5. Turn off **Include this event** for anything you do not want.

Ambiguous or missing details need correction or explicit review before saving is available. If nothing useful was recognized, use **Create an Event Manually** or start over with clearer text.

## Choose a destination and add

In **Calendar**, choose a writable destination under **Add to**. If needed, use **Allow Calendar Access** or **Open Calendar Settings** and return to the review. Then tap **Add 1 Event** or **Add N Events**, matching the displayed selection count.

Review the completion summary. Events the app recognizes as already present in the destination are skipped; compare the calendar before importing the same schedule again.

## Leaving the workflow

**Cancel**, **Start Over**, closing the workflow or ordinary backgrounding clears its temporary images, text and unsaved candidates. The explicit **Open Calendar Settings** trip can retain the current review while you change permission and return.

Saved events remain in the destination calendar and follow that account's synchronization. Schedule scanning is an iOS preview feature; these instructions do not imply a Mac scanner or a released standalone iOS app.