Getting used to Live Text 
via *tap menu in text inputs* on iOS1 I'd like to use it the same ubiquitous way on macOS, but there you must use the Preview app (link via ). So you have to 1st take a photo using PhotoBooth.app, navigate to
A nice way would be to make it available via *Input menu in menu bar* where you can also access the Character Viewer for Emojis or somehow trigger it via a script or Automator.
1) Seems to be documented nowhere
via *tap menu in text inputs* on iOS1 I'd like to use it the same ubiquitous way on macOS, but there you must use the Preview app (link via ). So you have to 1st take a photo using PhotoBooth.app, navigate to ~/Pictures/Photo Booth Library/Pictures/ and open the file in Preview until you can at last select the text you want.
Is there a way to use the webcam the same way as on iOS devices, that opens a window with the live webcam image and the possibility to select text from it?
A nice way would be to make it available via *Input menu in menu bar* where you can also access the Character Viewer for Emojis or somehow trigger it via a script or Automator.
1) Seems to be documented nowhere
Asked by cachius
(301 rep)
Aug 10, 2022, 03:19 PM