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Re:Changes we're making to Google Assistant by ksjskskskkk on Friday January 12, 2024 @06:33PM (#38975627)
another thing your pixel 7 cannot do: copy Chinese text.

even on apps like google maps. open any place with Chinese chars in the name. toggle the app switcher carousel. try to select the name of the place. only non Chinese text will be copied.

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Re:Changes we're making to Google Assistant by pianohacker on Friday January 12, 2024 @07:37PM (#38976131)
I'm pretty convinced this is because the app switcher can recognize _whether_ a part of an app's UI is a native text field and not just an image, but it's not smart enough to pull the text out. I've seen it make number 0 -> letter O and other such mistakes before, so I'm convinced it's using OCR. Which is probably harder for Chinese.

It's crazy to me that it can't just use the accessibility APIs.

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Re:Changes we're making to Google Assistant by theblazehen on Saturday January 13, 2024 @08:19AM (#38979659)
It is indeed using OCR. You can even copy text out of a screenshot of text in this way
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