Tradespeople already photograph every job they walk. Photo to Quote turns those photos into an itemised draft quote you can refine and send before you have left the site.
Every tradesperson takes site photos. Roof shots before tile replacement. Boiler nameplate before a swap. The leaking joint behind the basin. The crack in the slab. The number of bedrooms for a paint job. Those photos already document the scope. Until now, you would translate them into a quote manually, line by line, often hours later when the visual context had cooled off.
Photo to Quote in QuoteGenio reads those photos directly. Upload up to five from your phone (camera or gallery), add an optional note for context, and AI drafts an itemised quote with materials, scope, and labour. You refine, adjust, and send. The whole loop takes minutes instead of an evening. The draft slots straight into the free quote templates you already use, so Photo to Quote fits cleanly with Voice to Quote, view tracking, and quote negotiation.
Why photos beat memory
Quoting from memory is the most expensive habit in the trades. You see the job at 2pm, you write the quote at 8pm, and somewhere in between you forget the second downpipe, the awkward access route, the asbestos-looking roofline you wanted to flag, and the fact the gable end has a different facing material to the front. Each forgotten detail becomes a variation, a margin hit, or a customer dispute.
Photos remove the memory tax. The site looks exactly how it looked when you stood there, because it is exactly how it looked. Photo to Quote captures that visual record and turns it into a structured starting point for the quote. The line items reflect what the AI sees: the size of the area, the number of fixtures, the materials visible in the shot, and the access conditions implied by the photo.
What the AI sees and how it scopes
The AI is reading the visual scene the same way a human estimator would. Roof tiles in a wide shot tell it the property type and approximate roof area. A close-up of an old boiler nameplate tells it the unit being replaced. A photo of a kitchen with cabinets in shot tells it the room size, the fittings to be removed, and the finish quality the customer expects of a replacement.
Where the photo is ambiguous (and many are), the AI flags assumptions in the notes section: 'Assumes 12 sqm based on visible floor area; confirm before pricing'. That gives you a clear edit list before you send. You override what is wrong, accept what is right, and add anything the photos did not capture. The AI is augmenting your scoping, not replacing it.
How to take photos that produce better quotes
A few habits make Photo to Quote dramatically more accurate. Take wide shots first to establish scale. Take a tight shot of every nameplate, model number, or label. Stand back enough that the photo includes a recognisable scale reference (a chair, a door, a metre rule). Photograph the access route and any obstacles, because access affects labour cost and the AI cannot infer that without seeing it.
Use the optional note field to fill in anything the photos do not show. 'Two-storey property, no parking on the road, asbestos suspected on the soffit'. Three lines of typed context turn the AI from a guesser into an informed assistant. Once the draft is back, run the totals through a free quote calculator so the scope you priced at quote time protects your margin.
Photo to Quote vs Voice to Quote
Both features are about closing the gap between site visit and sent quote. Voice to Quote works best when the scope lives in your head and you want to talk it out. Photo to Quote works best when the scope lives on the property and you want to capture it visually. Most tradespeople end up using both: photos for the things they can show, voice notes for the things they need to explain.
On the QuoteGenio quote builder, you can use both in the same draft. Snap the photos to seed the line items, dictate a quick voice note to add the bits the photos missed, then accept the merged result. Five minutes from site to sent quote, with all the relevant detail captured.
Privacy and limits
Photos are uploaded as base64 data inside the AI request, not stored separately on QuoteGenio infrastructure beyond the duration of the AI call. The AI provider sees the images to draft the quote. Customer-identifying details (faces, number plates, address signs) should be cropped out before upload if you are concerned. The current limit is five photos per quote at a maximum of 6MB each, which is enough for most jobs and keeps generation snappy.
The bottom line
If you are already taking site photos, you have already done the hard part of scoping a quote. Photo to Quote turns those photos into the line items, descriptions, and pricing structure of a quote in minutes. You stay in control: you review, you edit, you send. The customer gets a professional itemised quote on their phone before the site visit has even cooled off. That is the speed that wins jobs.
See how the full QuoteGenio feature set handles this. Branded PDFs, WhatsApp send, deposits, and recurring invoicing in one place.
Photo to Quote is included in QuoteGenio Premium. Quote from your camera roll today.
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