Live Text not working in iPhone – How to fix

Does the Live Text feature is not working on your iPhone? Unlike the other features on the iPhone, Live Text is prone to more issues. There are some basic fixes that you can try to fix this issue. But, before jumping onto the main solutions, you must go through the reason why the Live Text is not working. We have mentioned the absolute workaround for this. Follow it, and you can use Live Text without any issues at all.

 

Why the Live Text is not working on my iPhone?

Live Text is a feature on the iPhone. So, just like other features on the device, it has some dependable modifiers in the iPhone settings. If these modifiers are turned off or the Live Text feature is turned off by any chance, it won’t be available on your device. However, when you are trying to extract the texts from a video or directly from the camera, Live Texts sometimes cease to function properly.

 

Fix 1 – Turn on Show Detected Text option

You must turn on the ‘Show Detected’ feature in the Camera settings.



Step 1 – Open the Settings.

Step 2 – Find the “Camera” app and open it up.

 

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Step 3 – Find out the “Show Detected Text” option there and turn it on.

 

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After enabling it, you can use the Live Text feature once again. See if this works out for you!

 

Fix 2 – Use images to extract texts

Sometimes, while using the Camera app to scan the images directly, Live Text may fail to identity the text properly. There are certain situations where this feature fails, like, unclear texts, or fast-moving images or videos.

Step 1 – Snap an image using your camera or take a screenshot of the image.

Step 2 – Next, go to the Photos app on your iPhone.

Step 3 – Now, open up that image/screenshot that you have just taken.

 

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Step 4 Upon opening the image, you will see the small “Live Text” icon to scan the image.

 

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Check whether it can extract the text correctly or not.

 

Fix 3 – Turn on the Live Text option

The Live Text is a feature on your iPhone. So, you must turn that on to use that.

Step 1 – To do this, you must open up the “General” tab on the iPhone Settings.

 

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Step 2 – You have to open up the “Language & Region” settings.

 

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Step 3 After this, turn on the “Live Text” module.

 

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When the Live Text feature is turned on, you can use it.

Check whether the feature is actually working or not.

 

Fix 4 – Use the keyboard to scan

Apart from the Live Text button on the Photos or Camera app, you can use the keyboard to directly scan for Live Text.

Step 1 – Open the iMessage or WhatsApp app or the application that you want to use.

Step 2 – Next, try to type something in the chat box.

Step 3 – Long press the empty space, and you shall see the Live Text button in there.

You can use that the Live Text function once again. See whether this works or not.

Hope these works out for you!