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Re:OpenAI is too cheap to beat by londons_explore on Thursday October 12, 2023 @05:20PM (#37863307)
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...

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Re:OpenAI is too cheap to beat by acka on Friday October 13, 2023 @04:07AM (#37868074)
> 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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