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.

Need to quickly forward a link, directions, or other info to friends? Here's how to copy and paste a text message on Android.

Text Lens is a Mac app by Sindre Sorhus. It lets you select text that you otherwise cannot copy, such as text from PDFs, images, videos, and more.

Ever wish you could turn your handwritten notes into something you can search or edit on your devices? How about copying text from a photo? Here's how ...

Open any image containing text in the web app, and you should see a Copy text from image link appear at the top.

Live Text picks up a new trick in iOS 16, letting you grab text from a video. Here's how you copy text from a video in iOS 16 — and why you'd want to.

Luckily, there’s a workaround use can use to copy any text (or tap any un-tappable phone numbers or addresses) on your screen. And, weirdly, it requires you to take a screenshot first.

Well now this will be useful! Microsoft is adding a text recognition function (OCR) to the Windows 11 Snipping Tool. The new feature will let you to copy text from screenshots and paste it into ...

Easily copy and paste text between your Android phone and Mac using KDE Connect and Soduto, with seamless clipboard sync over the same Wi-Fi network.

Apple’s iOS 15.4 update launched in March 2022. If you haven’t been copying text from images to make Notes in your iPhone, you need to check out this time-saving hack.