iPhone trick: How to copy and paste text and images from your photos
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The new OS enhanced two iPhone tools: Live Text and Visual Lookup. You can now do much more with the objects, people and texts found in your photos, videos and images from the web.
Use Live Text to copy, look up or translate text from photos and videos
Live Text was introduced with iOS 15, allowing you to capture the text in pictures and copy it as easily as text from a message, web page, note or document. This tool also lets you look up text on the web or translate it right then and there.
Live Text got some enhancements with iOS 16, so you’ll need to update to get the best use out of it. You’ll also need an iPhone XR/XS or newer to use Live Text.
You can use Live Text from an existing photo, the Camera app or the web.
Use Live Text from your camera roll:
- Open the Photos app and select an image containing text.
- Tap and hold on any word and you’ll get a menu. Drag around all the words you want or tap Select All, then tap Copy.
- You can also tap the text selection button on the lower right of your screen to highlight text before copying it.
- Open another app and tap on the screen to Paste the text you just copied.
- Tap Look Up to find the highlighted text on the web.
- Tap Translate to translate the text.
Use Live Text from your camera:
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