Extracting Text from Photos on Android with Windows Phone Link
Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to quickly extract text from a photo on your Android device? Well, Microsoft has made it possible with the latest update to Windows Phone Link. This new feature allows users to easily grab text from any image taken on their Android phone, revolutionizing how we interact with visual content and making it simpler to extract important information while on the go. Let’s delve into this exciting development and explore how it can benefit you.
Microsoft Phone Link: A Game-Changing Feature
The upcoming version of Microsoft Phone Link introduces a feature that enables users to extract and copy text from photos stored on their Android phone. This feature is currently available in Beta Preview Insider builds and is expected to be rolled out to all users soon.
Phone Link, also known as Link to Windows on the phone side, offers a seamless synchronization of calls, messages, notifications, and photos between your Android phone and your Windows computer. While it has limited functionality with iOS devices, only syncing notifications, messages, and calls over Bluetooth, it provides a comprehensive experience for Android users.
Enhanced Text Extraction Capabilities
The Windows Snipping Tool introduced text extraction capabilities last year, coinciding with the addition of image share notifications to Phone Link. This feature allows users to extract text from images directly within the app, simplifying the process. With the latest update, users can now easily select and copy text from photos synced from their Android phones.
In my testing of this feature, I found the optical character recognition (OCR) to be reliable, albeit with slightly more errors compared to Samsung or Apple’s text extractors when analyzing the same text. For longer passages, it may be more efficient to perform the extraction on your phone and then transfer the text to your PC for further editing.
the ability to extract text from photos using Windows Phone Link represents a significant advancement in enhancing productivity and convenience for Android users. Stay tuned for the official rollout of this feature and experience the benefits firsthand.
