How to use Live Text on a video in iOS 16

The introduction of Live Text made it possible for users to take other actions with text in a photo. The feature has made its way to videos, making your phone even more useful.

Whether you're trying to take a quick video of a billboard with a phone number you might need, or notice an important message in the background of an existing video, here is a step-by-step guide on how to use Live Text via video.

1. Take the video.

If you want to use the video function, open up your camera app. Text is included in a video.

2. Open the video, and play through or scrub through until a point where text is clearly visible.

Now you can scrape information from a shaky video. Credit: Apple

Live Text can only be used in a video when you play it back, not when you actively capture the video. The video will need to be paused before moving on.

3. Press and hold on the desired text until a blue highlight appears.

This feature can even pick up blurry text like this. Credit: Apple

You can change the amount of text selected by moving the light blue bars on either side of the highlighted portion.

4. Now choose what to do with the selected text.

From here, it's like using any other highlighted text. Credit: Apple

If you want, you can copy, select all, look up, translate, search web, or share.