There are plenty of reasons why you might want to pull the text out of an image you find online: instructions on a YouTube still, for example, or items on a printed menu, or inspirational quotes ...

Selecting and copying text from an image, no matter what device you have, is easy to do with the help of built-in tools and extra add-ons.

Extract text from image on Android using Google Lens, Microsoft Lens, Google Photos, Adobe Scan, and more with these easy-to-use OCR tools.