How to copy text from a video on macOS Ventura

Ever needed to copy text from a video?

You may want to translate a written language that you do not understand. Or maybe you accidentally recorded an important document without taking a picture. These things happen. Whatever the reason, Live Text can help.

Apple introduced Live Text for images in macOS Monterey. However, with the release of Ventura (and iOS 16), we also added the ability to copy text from a video.

Live Text is just one AI tool that makes our lives easier or more complex. Anyway, let’s talk about how to copy text from video on Mac.

Copy text from video on Mac

Here’s how to copy text from a video on macOS Ventura using Live Text.

If some letters or words in the video are cut off or unclear, the results may be inaccurate. Therefore, it is important to stop the video at the frame where the text to be copied is most visible.

You can also translate the text by Control-click chosen words and choices translationThis is probably the most useful application of the Live Text feature.

Is live text for videos useful?

These days, AI seems to solve all our problems, including problems we didn’t know about before, such as not being able to copy text from videos.

With Apple’s Live Text feature, you can now not only copy and paste text, but also translate it.

So can Live Text help?

Live Text is a useful feature if you always need to extract or translate text from a video. But the most interesting thing about this technology is to see where it goes next.

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Matt is an Australian writer with a degree in Creative and Critical Writing. Prior to beginning her studies, she worked in tech support, gaining valuable insight into technology and its users. He is also an editor and author coach at Dean Publishing.