Simple iPhone trick lets you quickly copy text from books, signs, and more

One of my favorite iPhone tricks, which I use all the time, is called Live Text. Apple introduced the feature in iOS 15, and it's available on iPhones as old as the iPhone XR/XS series.

The name is enough to suggest what the feature does; it turns any text into text you can interact with. Just point the camera to it, and you'll be able to copy the text and paste it into other apps. Or place calls and compose emails, depending on what kind of text your phone points to.

In addition to letting you copy text from anywhere around you, Live Text also lets you copy text from photos and videos you might have saved in your Photos app. Say you see a piece of text but don't have time to mess with it on your iPhone when you spot it. All you have to do is capture a photo and return to it later.

In what follows, I'll show you how easy it is to use the feature on iPhone. By the way, Live Text also works on iPad and Mac.

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