How to use iPhone Live Text OCR in iOS 15 In the Camera app iOS 15 uses secure on-device intelligence to help you discover more in your photos, quickly find what you’re looking for, and relive special moments. There is so much rich information in your photos, from memorable places you’ve visited to handwritten family recipes.
Up until now, you’ve needed to download a third-party app to get this functionality on iPhone and iPad.īut with iOS 15 (iPadOS 15 too), Apple is including optical character recognition (OCR) as a seamless option in the Camera app as well as for photos and screenshots you’ve already taken in the Photos app. Live Text isn’t the flashiest of features but it really offers a lot of convenience. Let’s looks at how iPhone Live Text OCR works from photos to screenshots and handwriting too. One of the handy new features arriving with iOS 15 is the option to quickly recognize text and select, copy, paste, and lookup in both the Camera and Photos app.
