With no surprise, Apple live text feature is getting popularity that helps pick out text from images, a signboard, or a shot of handwritten notes. You just need to open an image in preview or on a website in Safari, then click and select the text you want to copy, and finally, use command C or right-click to choose copy. The text will get copied, and you can paste it as an email, document, or anything else. Additionally, you can do a web search of the words present in the image and even translate the text into another language. Moreover, if an image has an email address or a phone number, you can directly call or open a website by just clicking on it.
You might be surfing the internet to know all about the live text feature on Mac. Here is everything including how to turn off Live text on Mac. So, have a read.
When will the live text feature not work?
The feature is remarkable, but somewhere the live text fails. Even when looking at the text in an image, it doesn’t seem very clear to pick out the text from there. It might be because of the blending of text with contrast and brightness of the image. Besides, the text may appear clear to you but it matches with the shade of images. In this case, you can edit the photo and alter brightness, color, and contrast to pick up the text of that image and let the Mac OS distinguish between the image and text.
Important Note:
The live text feature doesn’t work in any image editing app. In this case, you can make the desired changes and then check it in Preview.
How to turn off Live Text on Mac?
Apple’s Live text feature in Mac OS is great, allowing you to copy text from images, screenshots, and elsewhere easily. But, sometimes, we find it annoying. If it’s creating an issue for you, you can disable the feature on your Mac by following some simple steps. So, let’s scroll down to learn how to turn off Live text on Mac.
Steps to turn off Live text on Mac:
Go to the Apple menu or application folder on your Mac and click on System preferences
Then, Language & Region
Click on the Live text option to disable it
The live text feature copying option will no longer appear on your device.
This function is quite easy as you don’t have to download a third-party app to copy text from images. It is in-built into your device. Additionally, you can disable it anytime if you find it annoying.
Hope, this simple guide was helpful for you!
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