Smartphones have a feature that allows you to copy text from photos. Kurt "The CyberGuy" Knutsson explains how this useful option allows you to save time.

Selecting and copying text from an image, no matter what device you have, is easy to do with the help of built-in tools and extra add-ons.

If you're using the PowerPoint mobile app, you just have to tap the magnifying glass icon at the top of the screen. PowerPoint can find any typed text, but it can't find text that's part of an image.

Open up an image with text in it, and you'll see an option to copy the onscreen text. The extracted text can be copied to the clipboard, used as a web search, or even translated with another tap.

But what if you’re on Windows? It turns out Windows sort of has this feature. Let’s take a look at that and another (better) way to copy text from any image.

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