Gboard for Android gets ‘Scan Text’ OCR feature [Download]

Gboard is a widely used keyboard application on Android smartphones. Various phone makers use their custom keyboard app, while Gboard has a pretty solid reputation among consumers, thanks to Google’s innovations.

Enhancing the Gboard availability further, Google has now started rolling out the “Scan Text” optical character recognition feature. This new tool is expanding sequentially, and you can find it in the grid of Gboard capabilities.

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For easier accessibility, users will be able to drag Scan Text from the grid of Gboard to the toolbar. However, you will have to allow camera access permission to the application so the feature can begin working.

When used Gboard’s Scan Text, you will get a viewfinder, which takes up over half the screen. Simply, tap the button to “Take a photo of words to scan”, Gboard then highlights all the text it sees on the page.

Apart from this, you can tap and drag to select, with a preview appearing and a large “Insert” button. It further enhances the Gbaord usability and provides easier and faster access to OCR compared to Google Lens.

Download Gboard app from Google Play Store

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