Live Text makes it easy to interact with text you see anywhere by pointing your iPhone's camera at it.
To use Live Text with a compatible iPhone like the new iPhone 18 Pro, open the Camera app, position the desired text in the viewfinder and wait for a yellow frame to appear around the text.
A basic method is to copy and paste the contents as text into apps like Messages, Notes or Mail.
If you don't want to use it, you can turn Live Text off by going to Settings > Camera and turning off Show Detected Text.
Additionally, Visual Intelligence will interact with text just like Live Text.
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Choose an option from the menu, like Translate or Copy, or use the grab points to capture the portion of text you want. It requires an iPhone compatible with Apple Intelligence.
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Live Text makes it easy to interact with text you see anywhere by pointing your iPhone's camera at it.
A feature called Live Text leverages your iPhone's camera to instantly interact with text you point at.
All you need to do is hold your phone up, tap the Live Text button on-screen and choose the option you want.
To use Live Text with a compatible iPhone like the new iPhone 18 Pro, open the Camera app, position the desired text in the viewfinder and wait for a yellow frame to appear around the text. Choose an option from the menu, like Translate or Copy, or use the grab points to capture the portion of text you want.
A basic method is to copy and paste the contents as text into apps like Messages, Notes or Mail. You can also Look Up a web address or information you want to research, or Translate text in another language.
If you don't want to use it, you can turn Live Text off by going to Settings > Camera and turning off Show Detected Text.
Apple introduced Visual Intelligence with iOS 18.1 as part of Apple Intelligence back in September 2024. Apple's take on Google Lens works a bit differently than Live Text, going beyond text to analyze much more.
Additionally, Visual Intelligence will interact with text just like Live Text. Live Text happens organically when the phone detects text in the frame of the Camera app, while Visual Intelligence expands on this to provide even more information in a specific camera mode.
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