How to copy text from a picture image file Catalina

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How to copy text from a picture image file Catalina

I am attempting to copy text from a image file in pictures. I am simply trying to rename the image from the information contained from the image file.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 4, 2020 8:33 AM

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VikingOSX

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Jul 4, 2020 8:42 AM in response to Wally2007

Apple does not ship OCR software with the operating system, and the free way to extract (legible) text from an image is to use Google Drive and opening the image in Google Docs. This can also be done with Microsoft's OneNote for Mac.

Techsmith's Snagit 2020 ($50, Mac App Store) can extract selected text from an image.

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Jul 4, 2020 8:55 AM in response to VikingOSX

And with the appropriate developer chops, you can build a working swift OCR application in iOS 13 that allows you to zoom in on an image with text, and capture the text from that image with a button click.

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How to copy text from a picture image file Catalina

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