With Live Text on supported models, you can use your iPhone camera to copy, share, look up, and translate text that appears within the camera frame. Camera also provides quick actions to easily call phone numbers, visit websites, convert currencies, and more, based on the text that appears in the frame.
You can select specific text or all of it, and you’re able to search the web for it or share it using AirDrop, Messages, Mail, or other available options.
- Open Camera on your iPhone.
- Position your iPhone so the text appears within the camera frame.
- After the yellow frame appears around detected text, tap the Detect Text button.
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Touch and hold the text. Use the grab points to select specific text and perform any of the actions below:
- Copy: Copy text to paste into another app such as Notes or Messages.
- Select All: Select all the text within the frame.
- Look Up: Show personalized web suggestions.
- Translate: Translate text.
- Search Web: Look up the selected text on the web.
- Share: Share text using AirDrop, Messages, Mail, or other available options.
Tip: Depending on the content, you can tap a quick action at the bottom of the screen to do things like make a phone call, visit a website, start an email, convert currencies, and more.
- Tap the Selected Detect Text button to return to Camera.
To turn off Live Text on your iPhone camera, go to Settings > Camera, then turn off Show Detected Text.
Note: Live Text isn’t available in all regions or languages.
With Apple Intelligence, Visual Intelligence lets you interact with text around you.
Note: Apple Intelligence on iOS 27 or later is available on an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or iPhone 16 model or later. Apple Intelligence is not available in all languages or regions. Usage limits may apply.*
*Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Some devices may not be available in all regions. Siri AI is available in beta in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 and requires an Apple Intelligence–enabled device set to a supported language. Available in English to start. Siri AI will not be initially available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, Intelligent Photo Editing Tools, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts. Daily limits may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand, system policies, and other factors. Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future. Use of these features is subject to the Apple Intelligence Terms and Conditions.
