Live Text came with the introduction of iOS 15, revolutionizing the way iPhone users could copy, select, and do other actions with the text of a photo. Now with iOS 16, the feature has also come to videos, making your iPhone a little more useful.
Whether you’re trying to record a quick video from a billboard with a phone number you might need, or you’re encountering an important message in the background of an existing video, here’s a step-by-step guide on how to use Live Text. via video.
1. Make the video.
Open your Camera app and go to the video feature. Make a video with some text.
2. Open the video and play or scroll until the text is clearly visible.
You can now extract information from an unstable video. Credit: Apple
You can only use live text in a video when you play it, not when you are still actively capturing it in the Camera app. The video must also be paused before moving on to the next step.
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3. Press and hold the desired text until a blue highlight appears.
This feature can even pick up blurry text like this. Credit: Apple
Similar to how text selection normally works in applications such as Messages or Notes, you can adjust the amount of text selected by moving the light blue bars on either side of the highlighted part.
4. Now choose what you want to do with the selected text.
From here, it’s like using any other highlighted text. Credit: Apple
From here, do whatever you want with your Live Text: you can copy, select everything, search, translate, search the web, or share.
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