HOW TO Get started with Live Text >

1 Grab text from a photo

Tap Photos and scroll through your library until you find an image with text you want to copy. Tap and hold on the text you want to select and drag the selection handles so that they cover all of the text you want to use.

4 Use Live Text in Safari

Live Text works with images on the web, too. Find an image with text you want to use in Safari. Tap the image and choose Find Text. The image will move centre screen. Tap and hold to see the selection and follow Step 1 or 2.

2 Use all text in an image

Instead of manually selecting text, you can select all the text in an image that iOS recognises. To do that, when you tap and hold on text, instead of dragging the selection handles, tap Select all in the menu.

5 Use Live Text in Camera

This is supported in iPhone XS onwards. Open the Camera app and point the camera at something with text on it. Tap the Live Text button at the bottom left. You can now select and interact with the text.

3 Copy or share text

Once you’ve selected the text you want, you can interact with it just as you would any text, so you can tap Copy to copy it to the clipboard, Look Up to see suggestions collected by iOS, Translate it, or share it with share sheets.

6 Use Live Text in Notes

Although not highlighted by Apple, Live Text also works in Notes. Tap and hold anywhere on a note, then choose the Live Text button. Point the camera at the text you want to capture, and press Insert.