Windows starts allowing text from photos on Android devices

The new version of Microsoft Phone Link is preparing to allow copying and extracting text from Android photos, and thus Phone Link also gains the OCR tool feature.

Phone Link veya Link to WindowsIt allows you to synchronize calls, messages, notifications and photos from your Android phone to your Windows computer and mirror your phone completely on your computer. However, it works more limitedly with iOS devices, only offering notification, message and call synchronization via Bluetooth.

Windows Snipping Tool gained the text extraction feature last year, at the same time that Phone Link received image sharing notifications, and therefore, extracting text from phone photos with Windows Snipping Tool has been possible for a while without the need for any extra application. The latest update provides convenience for users and allows the process of extracting text from photos to be done within the application.

The feature is currently live in Phone Link 1.24051.91.0, which means It means it will be available to everyone soon.

Tests revealed that the OCR feature is usable, but can make errors in long texts. At this point, it is recommended to enable the cross-device copy and paste feature for longer texts and reduce the text into smaller pieces on the phone.

With the new OCR function, users will be able to retrieve text from photos from their Android devices more easily and quickly and use them on their computers. It is possible to say that the update in question reinforces the versatility and practicality of Phone Link by significantly improving the user experience.