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		londons_explore on Oct 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI is too cheap to beat Android has had built in OCR for a few releases. You can copy and paste text from any image/app you can display on the screen. To use, go to the app switcher and just start selecting text. It's funny trying to select text in a video while the video is playing...

acka on Oct 13, 2023 [–]

> Android has had built in OCR for a few releases. You can copy and paste text from any image/app you can display on the screen.

AFAIK this is a feature only available on Google Pixel devices. so not on 'Android' in general.

For one, my Oppo device running Android 12 doesn't have it.

Yes, Android fragmentation sucks.

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