Google Keyboard gets practical functionality

Google keyboard keyboard He presents New feature One that allows you to scan texts quickly. For example, to make texts from a book quickly available on a smartphone. You no longer have to write them separately.

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Known function of Google Lens

This brings functionality to Gboard that was previously available google lens I should know. Google Lens can Search objects And Texts identify. There is something called behind it Optical character recognition technology (OCR).

The functionality is on Gboard below Tools menu It can be found: You can click on the first icon on the left at the top of the keyboard and you can then use it as a shortcut in Gboard toolbar Drag or select directly.

Once you activate the function, you have to search for it on Google Permission to use the camera To give. Then the viewfinder takes up half the screen. In the next step, you take a photo of any text – for example a book page – and then press “Insert” and enter text into the text field.

Unfortunately, other functions known from Google Lens do not work – only text can be copied. Google Lens can also be used to translate text and perform web searches for things.