The Live Text feature debuted with iOS 15, allowing you to extract text from an image using your iPhone’s camera. Apple added some functionality to it with iOS 16. You can use Quick Actions with Live Text to translate text and convert foreign currencies on your iPhone.
Besides getting text from images, Live Text also allows you to extract and copy text from paused video frames. This post will show you how to use Live Text in Video on iPhone.
We used an iPhone running on iOS 16 Public Beta to test this feature and take screenshots. This feature will be available for iPhones running on iOS 16 or later and iPads running on iPadOS 16 or later. Also, the steps in the post also apply to iPad.
How to enable live text feature on iPhone
The Live Text feature is part of your iPhone’s Camera app and is enabled by default. To make sure that Live Text is working, you need to check if it is enabled in the Camera app settings on your iPhone.
If Live Text functionality is not working properly on your iPhone, check out our post on the best fixes for Live Text not working on iPhone.
How to use live text with video in photo app
Let’s say you visited a bookstore and took a video of your purchase to share with your friends. Instead of sharing the title of the book separately, you can use the Live Text feature for the video and share the title with your friends using iMessage or WhatsApp. There are different situations when you can use this feature to save or share any information. Please note that the Live Text feature may not provide accurate results if the video resolution is not good or the text size is too small.
Here’s how in the Photos app.
Step 1: You can record a video from your iPhone’s camera or open an existing video from the Photos app.
Step 2: Play the video and pause at the frame where you want to extract the text.
Step 3: Tap the Live Text icon in the lower right corner.
The Live Text interface will black out all the text in that video frame.
Step 4: Click Copy All in the lower left corner to copy the extracted text.
Step 5: Close Photos or Camera app and open any app like Notes, Messages or WhatsApp to paste the copied text and save it.
Translate written text directly in video
If you’ve recorded a video that includes text to be translated, you can easily do that with Live Text for Video by following these steps.
Step 1: Open the video in the Photos app that you want to extract and translate the text.
Step 2: Pause the video in the frame that includes that text.
Step 3: Tap the Live Text icon in the lower right corner.
You will Live Text highlight all the text in that video frame.
Step 4: Press and hold the selected text to be translated.
Step 5: Click the right arrow icon to display more options.
Step 6: Click Translate from the floating bar.
The translated text will appear on your screen. You can copy the translation and even listen to the translated text.
To change the translation language, tap Change language and select the language of your choice.
How to use live text with video in Safari
While watching a video embedded in a web page on Safari, you can use the Live Text for Video function to extract, copy, and share the text. This feature will not work when watching YouTube videos embedded in a web page.
Here’s how to use Live Text for Video in Safari:
Step 1: Open Safari on your iPhone.
Step 2: Start playing the full screen video embedded in the website. We took IMDb as an example.
Step 3: Pause the video at the frame that includes the text you want to extract.
Step 4: Tap the three horizontal dots icon in the bottom right corner of the playback window.
Step 5: Select Show Text from the list of options.
Live Text will highlight the text from the video frame.
Step 6: Click Copy All to copy the extracted text.
Step 7: Close the Safari app and open apps like Notes, Messages or WhatsApp to save the text.
Extract text from video with live text
Live Text makes it easy for iPhone and iPad users to extract, copy, and share text from both photos and videos. You don’t need to download separate apps like Google Lens to access those features. You can even extract the event date and time from the video and add a calendar entry for the same on your iPhone using Live Text.
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