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It's possible to use the Gemini "ask me about this screen" to OCR the selected area of the screenshot. I guess that might be more efficient in some contexts then trying to use the native text select.

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AlienRobot6mo ago· 3 in thread

At least it's not AI... yet.

xnx6mo ago

Multi-modal LLMs like Gemini are better than traditional OCR in most ways.

hulitu6mo ago

It is a poor person, sitting in a 3rd world country, thanscribing the text in your clipboard. See Alexa for details. /s

I'm only half joking.

doubled1126mo ago

There’s an API (Actually People Implemented) for that.

eastbound6mo ago· 1 in thread

On iPhone too, taking a screenshot is the single reliable way to select text.

throwaway8943456mo ago

It becomes possible. Getting the handles to move correctly is still often a frustrating experience.

aoeusnth16mo ago

It's possible to use the Gemini "ask me about this screen" to OCR the selected area of the screenshot. I guess that might be more efficient in some contexts then trying to use the native text select.

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