In macOS Ventura, Apple has extended the reach of its Live Text feature, which can now recognize text not only in photos, but also in videos. Keep reading to learn how to use it.
In macOS Monterey, Apple introduced a feature called Live Text that can automatically recognize text when it appears in an image in Safari, Photos, Preview, Quick Look, and elsewhere, allowing you to easily copy or share it. In macOS Ventura, this capability now also extends to videos.
Rather than just being able to select text in photos, you can now pause a video and interact with text just like you would in an image. Text in any paused video frame can be copied and pasted or translated, and it works with Apple’s Look Up feature.
Live Text works on macOS in Photos, Quick Look, Safari, and other video-enabled apps. The feature is available in German (Germany), English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, US), Spanish (Spain), French (France) and Japanese (Japan). Here’s how to make it work in video.
- Pause the video at the frame that contains text.
- Highlight the text you want to copy by clicking and dragging a selection with your mouse cursor.
- Then right-click (or Ctrl-click) the highlighted text to see a menu of contextual options, including Translate, Copyand To share.
If you choose to translate the text, the translation will automatically appear on the screen. If you chose to copy text, switch to an application that supports text input, right-click where the cursor is, and select Dough in the context menu or press the Command-V shortcut.