You can now select the text in the photo, copy it, and then paste it into a document.
Live Text is a new feature in macOS Monterey that allows you to use the text in an image. It’s a feature that’s quite helpful—for example, if you’ve ever been in a meeting or lecture, and took a picture of a whiteboard filled with written information, you can now select the text in the photo, copy it, and then paste it into a document.
There are a lots of ways you can use the Live Text feature, and it’s a huge time-saving production tool. Live Text is also in iOS 15 and iPad OS 15, and because you probably use the cameras on those devices often, you might use Live Text on your iPhone and iPad more than you would your Mac. But it’s coming to the Apple silicon Macs in macOS Monterey this fall and works in the Photos app, Safari, Quick Look, and the Screenshot function.
Here’s a look at how Live Text works on the Mac, using the Public Beta on macOS Monterey. According to Apple, Live Text requires at least an M1 processor. Compatibility with Intel-based Macs is not listed on Apple’s website.
Read more at MacWorld.com