![]() This is obviously focused on iPhone and iPad, but the Mac also can scan documents and use the Live Text feature to select, copy, and paste text from those documents if you wish. If you’d like a video walkthrough demonstrating the feature and how it works, Apple Support provides a short handy YouTube video, embedded below: What’s unique about the Scan Text feature discussed here is that rather than scanning the item as an image file, the text is directly selectable and editable as it appears into the notes app like any other typed text. If you’re using an older version of iOS or iPadOS that doesn’t have the Scan Text capability, you can still scan documents as images into the Notes app, and scan documents with the Files app too. Remember this requires iOS 15.4 or newer, or iPadOS 15.4 or newer. For example, “Expense Receipts” or “Pumpkin Bread Recipe”. Illegible handwriting will often turn up erroneously scanned, but overall the character recognition is quite good and impressive.īecause the first lines of text in any new note shows as larger font size and bold, you may want to put a note header on the top of the note before scanning the text. You can now save the note, edit it, share it, or do whatever you want with it as normal.įor best results, you’ll want reasonably tolerable lighting and the text should be reasonably legible. The text will instantly start appearing in the note, tap on “Insert” to scan the text directly into that note.Get the text you want to scan visible in reasonably acceptable lighting.To have access to the Scan Text tool in Notes app, you will need iOS 15.4 or iPadOS 15.4 or later, as earlier versions of Notes app don’t include the scan text tool. How to Scan Text Directly Into Notes on iPhone & iPad This is a great feature if you want to digitize a collection of anything that is printed or handwritten, be they letters, family recipes, receipts, manuscripts, books, magazines, flyers, or just about anything else you can imagine. ![]()
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