{"id":201064,"date":"2025-04-23T17:39:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T17:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/apple-2\/how-to-copy-text-from-image-on-android-phone-like-iphone\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T17:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T17:39:27","slug":"how-to-copy-text-from-image-on-android-phone-like-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=201064","title":{"rendered":"How to copy text from image on Android phone like iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Learn how to use Google Lens, Microsoft Lens, and other OCR apps on Android to recognize and copy text from photos like on iPhone.<span id=\"more-1027894\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027903\" alt=\"Extract text from image on Android phone\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-on-Android-phone.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-on-Android-phone-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-on-Android-phone-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-on-Android-phone-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-on-Android-phone.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027903\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-on-Android-phone.jpg\" alt=\"Extract text from image on Android phone\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-on-Android-phone.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-on-Android-phone-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-on-Android-phone-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-on-Android-phone-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Live Text<\/strong> feature in Photos, Safari apps and other places in iOS lets you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2022\/09\/22\/how-to-use-live-text-on-iphone-mac\/\">copy text from pictures and even videos on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-919804\" alt=\"Three iPhone mockups that show using Live Text to recognize and copy, translate, or use words, sentences and text found in the video\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Live-Text-for-video-iPhone.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Live-Text-for-video-iPhone-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Live-Text-for-video-iPhone-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Live-Text-for-video-iPhone-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Live-Text-for-video-iPhone.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-919804\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Live-Text-for-video-iPhone.jpg\" alt=\"Three iPhone mockups that show using Live Text to recognize and copy, translate, or use words, sentences and text found in the video\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Live-Text-for-video-iPhone.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Live-Text-for-video-iPhone-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Live-Text-for-video-iPhone-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Live-Text-for-video-iPhone-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stock Android versions lack this capability but Google (which owns Android) provides the dedicated Google Lens app which can recognize, copy and translate text on images. Besides, Google Play Store has plenty of third-party apps such as Microsoft Lens and ocrX that make it a cinch to identify and extract text from JPG or PNG images. In this tutorial, we\u2019ll show you the steps for these and other apps.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Microsoft-Lens\">Microsoft Lens<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft Lens lets you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2019\/09\/26\/scan-documents-files-app-ios\/\">scan documents<\/a>, recognize handwritten text in English, identify text in 29 languages, and more. The app is free to use and works great on iOS and Android.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officelens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Microsoft Lens<\/a> on your Android phone, open the app, and give it necessary permissions.<\/li>\n<li>Swipe to the <strong>Actions<\/strong> tab and select the image from your gallery.<\/li>\n<li>Crop the image if needed, then hit <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Lens will extract text from the image and show it as raw text. Tap <strong>Copy<\/strong> to save it to the clipboard for pasting into other apps or hit <strong>Share<\/strong> to send it to people or apps.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027897\" alt=\"Extract text from image using Microsoft Lens app\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-using-Microsoft-Lens-app.jpg 1476w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-using-Microsoft-Lens-app-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-using-Microsoft-Lens-app-1200x1220.jpg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1476px) 100vw, 1476px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-using-Microsoft-Lens-app.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027897\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-using-Microsoft-Lens-app.jpg\" alt=\"Extract text from image using Microsoft Lens app\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-using-Microsoft-Lens-app.jpg 1476w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-using-Microsoft-Lens-app-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Extract-text-from-image-using-Microsoft-Lens-app-1200x1220.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1476px) 100vw, 1476px\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Google-Lens\">Google Lens<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Google Lens has tons of capabilities, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2025\/01\/28\/how-to-use-visual-intelligence\/\">showing relevant products based on pictures you take<\/a>, translating street signs in more than 100 languages, helping you with homework, extracting text from images, and more. Lens is also provided inside several Google apps and services as a built-in feature.<\/p>\n<p>Use any of the methods below to recognize text on photos. The apps we\u2019ve listed are preinstalled on many Android phones. Otherwise, download them for free from Play Store.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"The-Google-Lens-app\">The Google Lens app<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.ar.lens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Lens app<\/a> and choose a photo from the gallery.<\/li>\n<li>If the image has lots of text, Lens will recognize it automatically and display a <strong>Select text<\/strong> button. Tap it to select all text at once, and then hit <strong>Copy<\/strong>. You can also touch and hold the highlighted text to select a specific portion to copy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027902\" alt=\"Using Google Lens app to copy all or selected text from image\" width=\"2201\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image.jpg 2201w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image-2048x1396.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image-1200x818.jpg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 2201px) 100vw, 2201px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027902\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image.jpg\" alt=\"Using Google Lens app to copy all or selected text from image\" width=\"2201\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image.jpg 2201w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image-2048x1396.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-Lens-app-to-copy-all-or-selected-text-from-image-1200x818.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2201px) 100vw, 2201px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>These steps are the same for other Google apps mentioned below.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"The-Google-app\">The Google app<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Tap the <strong>Lens icon<\/strong> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google app<\/a> or its Home Screen widget, then select an image, touch and hold the recognized text and hit <strong>Copy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027901\" alt=\"Using Google app to extract text from a picture\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-app-to-extract-text-from-a-picture.jpg 1476w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-app-to-extract-text-from-a-picture-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-app-to-extract-text-from-a-picture-1200x1220.jpg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1476px) 100vw, 1476px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-app-to-extract-text-from-a-picture.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027901\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-app-to-extract-text-from-a-picture.jpg\" alt=\"Using Google app to extract text from a picture\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-app-to-extract-text-from-a-picture.jpg 1476w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-app-to-extract-text-from-a-picture-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Using-Google-app-to-extract-text-from-a-picture-1200x1220.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1476px) 100vw, 1476px\"\/><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Google-Photos\">Google Photos<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Open an image in the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Photos app<\/a> and tap <strong>Copy text from image<\/strong>. This will open the Lens app, letting you copy the recognized text from there. If the image isn\u2019t solely textual, tap the <strong>Lens icon<\/strong> instead to copy words and sentences.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027896\" alt=\"Copy text from a picture using Google Photos\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-text-from-a-picture-using-Google-Photos.jpg 1476w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-text-from-a-picture-using-Google-Photos-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-text-from-a-picture-using-Google-Photos-1200x1220.jpg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1476px) 100vw, 1476px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-text-from-a-picture-using-Google-Photos.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027896\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-text-from-a-picture-using-Google-Photos.jpg\" alt=\"Copy text from a picture using Google Photos\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-text-from-a-picture-using-Google-Photos.jpg 1476w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-text-from-a-picture-using-Google-Photos-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-text-from-a-picture-using-Google-Photos-1200x1220.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1476px) 100vw, 1476px\"\/><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Google-Chrome\">Google Chrome<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you use <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.android.chrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chrome<\/a> on your Android phone and stumble upon an image online whose text you want to copy, touch and hold the image on the page and select <strong>Search\u00a0image with Google Lens<\/strong>. Now, touch the text to copy it, have it read aloud, translate it into another language, or perform a web search for it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027900\" alt=\"Search image with Google Lens in Chrome on Android phone\" width=\"1474\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Search-image-with-Google-Lens-in-Chrome-on-Android-phone.jpg 1474w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Search-image-with-Google-Lens-in-Chrome-on-Android-phone-768x782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Search-image-with-Google-Lens-in-Chrome-on-Android-phone-1200x1221.jpg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1474px) 100vw, 1474px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Search-image-with-Google-Lens-in-Chrome-on-Android-phone.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027900\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Search-image-with-Google-Lens-in-Chrome-on-Android-phone.jpg\" alt=\"Search image with Google Lens in Chrome on Android phone\" width=\"1474\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Search-image-with-Google-Lens-in-Chrome-on-Android-phone.jpg 1474w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Search-image-with-Google-Lens-in-Chrome-on-Android-phone-768x782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Search-image-with-Google-Lens-in-Chrome-on-Android-phone-1200x1221.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1474px) 100vw, 1474px\"\/><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Google-Keep\">Google Keep<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Google Keep\u2019 built-in text grabber performs poorly, but we\u2019ve detailed the steps below for those who use the service extensively. Note that even Google Keep for iOS lacks the text grabber.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.keep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keep\u00a0Notes app<\/a> on your Android phone and tap the <strong>plus button<\/strong>, followed by <strong>Image<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Choose\u00a0image<\/strong>. Select the image from your gallery and tap <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Tap the image you just added to take it fullscreen.<\/li>\n<li>Hit the <strong>three vertical dots<\/strong> from the top right and select <strong>Grab image text<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027898\" alt=\"Grab image text feature in Google Keep\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grab-image-text-feature-in-Google-Keep.jpg 1476w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grab-image-text-feature-in-Google-Keep-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grab-image-text-feature-in-Google-Keep-1200x1220.jpg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1476px) 100vw, 1476px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grab-image-text-feature-in-Google-Keep.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027898\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grab-image-text-feature-in-Google-Keep.jpg\" alt=\"Grab image text feature in Google Keep\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grab-image-text-feature-in-Google-Keep.jpg 1476w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grab-image-text-feature-in-Google-Keep-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grab-image-text-feature-in-Google-Keep-1200x1220.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1476px) 100vw, 1476px\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Other-third-party-apps\">Other third-party apps<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Having tried over two dozen OCR (Optical Character Recognition) apps for Android, I can recommend <em>ocrX<\/em> to be the best for extracting and copying text from images. The steps for ocrX are explained below, along with honorable mentions of other decent apps.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"ocrX\">ocrX<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Download and open\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=aculix.smart.text.recognizer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ocrX<\/a> on your Android phone.<\/li>\n<li>Tap the <strong>New<\/strong> button and select the picture from your gallery.<\/li>\n<li>Crop the picture if needed to only focus on the text you want to extract.<\/li>\n<li>Choose a language (i.e., English) and select <strong>Yes<\/strong> or <strong>No<\/strong> for Handwritten Text. Next, tap the <strong>Extract Text<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<li>After a few moments, the app will recognize the text and show it to you. Unlike many other OCR apps, ocrX honors paragraph and line breaks for the final text as they appear on the bitmap image. Tap the <strong>copy button<\/strong> from here to get this text to the clipboard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027899\" alt=\"ocrX app on Android phone to copy text from photo\" width=\"1477\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ocrX-app-on-Android-phone-to-copy-text-from-photo.jpg 1477w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ocrX-app-on-Android-phone-to-copy-text-from-photo-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ocrX-app-on-Android-phone-to-copy-text-from-photo-1200x1219.jpg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1477px) 100vw, 1477px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ocrX-app-on-Android-phone-to-copy-text-from-photo.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027899\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ocrX-app-on-Android-phone-to-copy-text-from-photo.jpg\" alt=\"ocrX app on Android phone to copy text from photo\" width=\"1477\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ocrX-app-on-Android-phone-to-copy-text-from-photo.jpg 1477w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ocrX-app-on-Android-phone-to-copy-text-from-photo-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ocrX-app-on-Android-phone-to-copy-text-from-photo-1200x1219.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1477px) 100vw, 1477px\"\/><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Other-apps\">Other apps<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>You can also try trusted OCR apps such as <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.adobe.scan.android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Scan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.offline.ocr.english.image.to.text.scanner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Text Scanner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=henry.image.to.text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image To Text<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=co.apexventures.text.scanner.recognizer.image.ocr.reader.office.tool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Text Scanner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.renard.ocr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Text Fairy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.appsuite.imagetotext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OCR Image to Text Converter<\/a> for copying text from images. They\u2019re free to download but may require a sign-up to use or a paid upgrade to unlock the full functionality.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Some-manufacturers-may-offer-a-native-OCR-option\">Some manufacturers may offer a native OCR option<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>iPhones have standardized look and feel across the board. Contrast this with Android phones, which can differ wildly in features and user interfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturers like Samsung and Apple offer a way to extract text from images with the built-in camera. Just point the camera at a real-word object that has some text on it, like a street sign or a flyer, and hit the <strong>T icon<\/strong> to recognize and copy the text. This also works inside Android\u2019s Gallery app.<\/p>\n<p><em>What are your use cases for extracting text from images?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also, check out:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2024\/12\/09\/how-to-scan-and-send-documents-using-whatsapp\/\">How to scan documents directly using WhatsApp and send them<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to use Google Lens, Microsoft Lens, and other OCR apps on Android to recognize and copy text from photos like on iPhone. The Live Text feature in Photos, Safari apps and other places in iOS lets you copy text from pictures and even videos on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. 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