Selecting and copying text from an image, no matter what device you have, is easy to do with the help of built-in tools and extra add-ons.

Ever wish you could turn your handwritten notes into something you can search or edit on your devices? How about copying text from a photo? Here's how ...

Apple’s iOS 15.4 update launched in March 2022. If you haven’t been copying text from images to make Notes in your iPhone, you need to check out this time-saving hack.

Open any image containing text in the web app, and you should see a Copy text from image link appear at the top.

Text Lens is a Mac app by Sindre Sorhus. It lets you select text that you otherwise cannot copy, such as text from PDFs, images, videos, and more.

Luckily, there’s a workaround use can use to copy any text (or tap any un-tappable phone numbers or addresses) on your screen. And, weirdly, it requires you to take a screenshot first.

Need to quickly forward a link, directions, or other info to friends? Here's how to copy and paste a text message on Android.

With the help of Microsoft's SwiftKey keyboard app, you can copy and paste items between a PC and Android device. If you have a Samsung phone, try the Link to Windows app.

Learn how to copy all text as a table from a screenshot in the Snipping Tool. You can use the Copy as table option to generate structured table data.

Live Text picks up a new trick in iOS 16, letting you grab text from a video. Here's how you copy text from a video in iOS 16 — and why you'd want to.

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson reveals how to save, print or share text messages from your Android phone.