{"id":189963,"date":"2022-05-04T10:35:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T08:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=189963"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:47:08","slug":"how-to-use-live-text-in-macos-monterey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-use-live-text-in-macos-monterey\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Live Text in macOS Monterey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The latest Apple desktop computer operating system<\/strong>, macOS Monterey, <\/strong>introduced many exciting new features. One of the most useful is Live Text<\/strong>, the Apple version of OCR (Optical Character Recognition)<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Instead of writing down the text, you find on a picture, note, or screenshot, you can copy and paste, translate, share, and save it<\/strong> on your clipboard. Live Text can recognize any type of text<\/strong>, including places, numbers, and addresses. This quick guide will show you how to use Live Text in macOS Monterey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where can you use Live Text?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To run Live Text <\/strong>on your Mac computer, you will have to have an Apple silicone chip <\/strong>and be running macOS Monterey<\/strong>. That is the operating system it was designed and introduced for, but you can also use it on an iPhone or iPad that runs iOS 15 or iPadOS 15<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live Chat <\/strong>also works with Apple apps like Photos, Quick Look, Preview, and Safari, although not all features might be available in the search engine.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to use Live Text in macOS Monterey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s how to get texts from images<\/strong>. You can copy it and then place it elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n

  1. Open image with text<\/h2>\"How

    Launch the app you want to use and open an image with text<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

  2. Move cursor<\/h2>\"How

    Place your cursor<\/strong> above the text<\/strong> in the image. The cursor will switch to the text selection tool. If you want to select a word<\/strong>, double-click. To select the whole sentence, triple-click on it. To make your selection manually, drag the cursor over the whole paragraph or as much text as you want to copy. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

  3. Access Context options<\/h2>\"How

    Right-click or Control-click to open the <\/span>Context <\/b><\/em>menu, where you can access options for what to do with the text you have selected, like <\/span>Copy<\/b><\/em> or <\/span>Look Up and Share<\/em>.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div>