With Live Text on supported models, you can use your iPad 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 iPad.
- Position your iPad so the text appears within the camera frame.
- After the yellow frame appears around detected text, tap the Live 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.
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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 Live Text On button to return to Camera.
To turn off Live Text on your iPad camera, go to Settings > Camera, then turn off Show Detected Text.
Note: Live Text isn’t available in all regions or languages.
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