Setting up a new form can often start with copying questions from an existing form template image, paper document, checklist, PDF, or spreadsheet. NestForms now includes an AI-powered feature that can read questions from an image of your existing form and generate a mobile form draft automatically.
Upload an image of your empty form template and the AI bot will scan the document, detect the questions, and automatically create a draft form for you within NestForms.
This works well for:
- Inspection checklists
- Project completion reports
- Audit forms
- Work completion forms
- Site handover forms
- Health and safety audits
- Punchlist forms
- New build snagging checklists
- Quality control forms
- Survey templates
The feature is designed to give you a fast starting point rather than building every question manually from scratch. Once the form is generated, you can quickly review the layout, adjust question types, add skip logic, or make any edits before publishing to your team.
This is especially useful for companies that wish to move their paper forms to mobile data collection.
While AI recognition may not always be 100% exact, it can save a significant amount of setup time when creating forms from existing documents.
Using the feature is simple:
- Upload an image of your form template (ideally without any client responses)
- Our AI bot reads and converts the questions
- Review and edit the generated form with our drag and drop form builder
- Fill a quick test response to see if the form meets your requirements.
- Share and start collecting data from mobile devices
It’s a practical way to create mobile forms faster while keeping the structure of your existing paperwork intact.
If you are new to NestForms, we offer a free Training Demo as an introduction to the platform if you need it. For larger operations we also provide more detailed Assisted Onboarding.
Start your NestForms journey today and sign up for the free two week trial. You can review and test all of the features available to Premium plan users during this period.
