

#COPY AND PASTE TEXT PICTURES UPDATE#
Google in the past has also showed off Lens recognizing a Wi-Fi password in a picture and automatically signing the device in to the network, however the latest update expands it into more complicated text as well as incorporates the handy copy and paste functionality. Google sees the camera as one of the next phases of search along with voice. Google in December boasted Lens could recognize over a billion products and detailed how it's improving the Lens OCR engine using language and spell-correction models from Google Search. Take that, impossible wifi passwords," wrote Google Photos. Once you find the photo you're looking for, click the Lens button to easily copy and paste text. "Starting this month, we're rolling out the ability to search your photos by the text in them. But it also could be helpful for finding receipts come tax-reporting time.
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The text search feature works in Google Photos Android and iOS as well as the web app.Īs Google notes, it will be handy for finding Wi-Fi passwords that were saved in a picture. The copied file will then appear within the opened folder. Click the Paste option that’s adjacent to Explorer’s Copy button. Open a different folder to paste the file in. Press the Copy button on Explorer’s command bar.

SEE: IT pro's guide to the evolution and impact of 5G technology (free PDF)ĩto5Google notes Lens OCR works particularly well on screenshots, but also for text in photos. Open a folder that includes the file you need to copy. Once the photo with text has been found, clicking the Lens button allows users to copy sections of text and paste it in another document. The Lens OCR feature will be rolling out to users this month, allowing users to search for photos by the text in them. The Google Photos Twitter account confirmed the new optical character recognition (OCR) feature after a user discovered it was now possible to use Lens in Google Photos to highlight text and then copy and paste it.

