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In a pinch, iPhone camera is pretty great at grabbing text. Don't even need to take the photo.
by WillPostForFood 3y ago
In a pinch, iPhone camera is pretty great at grabbing text. Don't even need to take the photo.
- gnicholas 3y agoI have tried using this feature and found it to be surprisingly lousy. It recognizes the area but can't reliably recognize the text. It's been especially unreliable with random strings of numbers (credit card numbers, phone numbers). Maybe it's better with paragraphs of words, but I've even found it to be pretty so-so for that use case.
- CharlesW 3y agoInteresting, I've found it to be surprisingly good at random alphanumeric strings, and I use it often for copying teensy model and serial numbers off device stickers.
- sen 3y agoI’ve personally found the opposite. It absolutely blows me away how good it is, even on crazy graphical fonts or other languages etc. I use it pretty much every single day now.
- Angostura 3y agoOdd - works pretty much unfailingly for me - have used it on long random strings - indeed that's where I normally use it.
- bredren 3y agoScreenshots of web pages or apps that deny selection work well. Even apps that allow selection but make it a pain, like Craigslist or ChatGPT. Screenshot to photos to select copy is a faster workflow.
- jwells89 3y agoAnd if you do take a photo, it’s as good as having saved a text file of whatever you captured. Handy not only for printed docs but also for pulling text from screens you wouldn’t normally be able to copy+paste from.
- hnbear 3y agoNot so great with Windows, but shared clipboard means you can use your phone to scan and copy text then instantly paste on MBP or iPad too. Mac can screenshot and extract as well now, depending on your preference.
- jve 3y agoFor samsung gallery app, one must long press the text to select it on image