Texts in images are searchable in Safari. Out of the box.
Re:Just Let Me Select Text
by crazygringo on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @11:05AM
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On iOS and Macs, just take a screenshot and then select the automatically OCR'd text. Works flawlessly.
This is roughly what reader mode is, no? Safari ships it out of the box, although it's very hit or miss as far as my experience with it goes. But I like the idea.
I wonder why Apple just doesn’t use Readability.js instead of using a really crude set of heuristic they put into their own Reader Mode.
Pros: 1. safer (what you see is what you select), 2. also works with images, 3. all text can be selected