
Point your camera at whatever you want to scan, and then follow the prompts on the screen. Tap the button, which will replace your keyboard with your iPhone camera's viewfinder. You may also see a button that uses just the scan icon, which looks like a piece of paper with brackets around it.Īpple added a text scanner to the iPhone, no matter what app you're using. To use the iPhone's new "scan text" tool, long-press inside a text field as if you're going to use the copy-and-paste prompt. Have you ever wished you could point your iPhone's camera at a sign or piece of paper and have it automatically identify and then copy the text into an email or a document? With iOS 15, it's possible and incredibly cool.


Use your iPhone's camera to scan any text
