You can use the Live Text feature on your iPhone’s camera to extract text from an image. With iOS 16, Live Text has more features in its kitty. Now you can use it to translate text from images and even convert foreign currencies. Both of these features can be quite useful when you are traveling or picking up something from the supermarket.
Foreign currency dialogue and text translation options are in Quick Actions for Text directly in the Camera app or wherever the camera might work, like Reminders and Notes.
Quick Actions will be available for iPhones running iOS 16 or later and iPads running iPadOS 16 or later. We used an iPhone running iOS 16 Public Beta to take screenshots for this post.
How to enable live text on iPhone
Live Text is a feature built into your iPhone’s Camera app and enabled by default. It’s a useful feature for recognizing and extracting text in your iPhone photos and online photos. To make Live Text work, you need to check that it’s enabled for the Camera app.
If the Live Text function is not working or you are facing any problems with it, refer to our guide on how to fix Live Text not working on iPhone.
Use live text to convert currency
One of the new Quick Actions for Live Text is the Currency Converter. You can use this feature to scan restaurant menus, books, clothing, or any image with prices mentioned in another currency. The Camera app will quickly display a Currency Conversion prompt. Here’s how to access this feature.
Step 1: Open the Camera app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Point your iPhone camera at the image or object that includes the currency you want to convert.
You’ll notice that your iPhone’s Camera automatically picks up the item value and currency symbol.
Step 3: Tap the Live Text icon that appears in the bottom right corner of the camera viewfinder.
Step 4: Tap the Currency Converter icon in the lower left corner of the camera viewfinder.
The converted price based on your native country’s currency will appear on your screen.
Step 5: Tap the converted currency value to copy.
You can now close Camera and open any app like Messages, Notes or WhatsApp to paste the converted currency value to save.
Use live text to translate languages
The next quick action for Live Text is a Language Translator that works for your iPhone or iPad photos and even online photos. Let’s say you come across a product description that is not in your native language. In this case, you can use the Text Language Translation feature directly on your iPhone’s camera. This is how you can quickly translate words or sentences in your native language.
Step 1: Open the Camera app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Point your iPhone camera towards the image, including the text you want to translate.
You’ll notice that your iPhone’s Camera automatically picks up the word or sentence.
Step 3: Tap the Live Text icon in the bottom right corner of the camera viewfinder.
Step 4: Tap the Translate icon in the lower left corner of the camera viewfinder.
The translated word or sentence will appear in your native language on the screen.
Step 5: Tap the translated text on your screen to see more options.
You can also tap the play icon to hear the text in the translated language.
Step 6: Select Copy Translation from the list of options.
Step 7: Close Camera app and open Messages, Notes or WhatsApp to paste the translated text and share it.
Bonus tip – Change translation language for live text
If you’re visiting a new country, Live Text can be helpful in translating instructions, menus, and more. Here’s how to use Live Text to change the translation language.
Step 1: Open the Camera app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Point your iPhone camera towards the image that includes the text to be translated.
Step 3: Tap the Live Text icon that appears in the bottom right corner in the viewfinder.
Step 4: Tap the Translate icon in the lower left corner of the camera viewfinder.
Step 5: Tap the translated text on your screen to access more options.
Step 6: Select Change language from the list of options.
Step 7: Select the language you want to keep to translate the text. Then press the X icon to close the menu.
The text will now appear as translated into the newly selected language. You can also tap the Play icon to listen to the translated text.
Scan everything with live text
Text directly in the Camera app is similar to what you can do with Google Lens on iPhone. However, Quick Actions means you won’t have to leave the Live Text view or even the Camera app for basic features like text translation or currency dialogue. The best part is that you can use it with photos that are already on your phone or that appear online.
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