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Google Photos finally lets PC users copy text from an image – Good Gear Guide
Google Photos offered Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on mobile for years, but now it’s coming to the desktop via your web browser.
One of the most handy Google Photos features just landed on the desktopvia your browserwhere it could be even more valuable.
The mobile version of Photos supports a technology called Google Lens. In 2018, Lens introduced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology that can automatically copy any text found in an image, allowing you to paste it elsewhere for easy saving. As 9to5Google spotted over the weekend, that Lens OCR feature is now rolling out to desktop browsers, and that rocks.
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