
Interact with text in a picture in Safari on Mac
With Live Text, you can select the text in a photo or image, then work with the words and numbers — for example, get a map of an address or send email to an email address.
Go to the Safari app
on your Mac.Go to a photo or image that shows text.
The text can be words, a phone number, an email address, a website address or a street address.
Move the pointer over the text, then drag to select it.
Control-click the selected text.
Do one of the following:
Copy: Choose Copy. You can then paste the text into another document or app.
Get a definition: Choose Look Up.
Translate: Choose Translate [text], then choose a language.
Note: Translation isn’t available in all languages and may not be available in some countries or regions.
Search the web: Choose Search with [web search engine].
Share with others: Choose Share, then choose how you want to share the text.
Call or send a message: Choose to call the phone number, start a FaceTime video or audio call, or send a message to the number.
You can also click
that appears when you move the pointer over the phone number.Send email: Choose to write an email, add the email address to Contacts or start a FaceTime video or audio call.
You can also click
that appears when you move the pointer over the email address.Go to the website: Open the link in your browser or use Quick Look to view the website information.
You can also click
that appears when you move the pointer over the website address.See a map: Open the Maps app and show the street address.
You can also click
that appears when you move the pointer over the street address.