How to copy-paste text from paper to your laptop with Google Lens

I’ve constantly had a little gripe with human beings who take notes on paper. I mean, you do you, however it looks so inconvenient when you can effortlessly kind them on your phone.. Sure, you can write it down and take a pic, however doesn’t that defeat the purpose? Maybe, perhaps not. Either way, Google has dropped a new characteristic that can assist you take notes on paper, and effortlessly copy-paste them to your laptop computer too.
The new function, which resides in its Google Lens app, lets you replica textual content from paper and paste it at once to your laptop — no want for any guide transcribing.

Here’s how to do it:

Open Google Lens and factor it at the textual content you’d like to copy–paste.
Snap a pic, and choose the text. You’ll additionally have the alternative to regulate the selection.
Once selected, you’ll see an alternative to ‘copy to computer.’ Click it.
This have to let you reproduction the textual content to your laptop. If you’re logged into extra than one computer, you additionally have the alternative to pick to which one you favor to paste the text.
You ought to quickly get hold of a notification the textual content has been “copied to your clipboard.” Once you see that, virtually paste the textual content anyplace you want.
Boom, that’s it.
Pretty simple, right? The exceptional aspect is you can use the function for virtually anything, no longer simply notes. You wanna be that individual who drops inspirational costs on each vacay Instagram submit to exhibit you can seize a tan, however additionally study a book? Fuck yeah. Don’t even trouble typing it out, Lens will do it for you.

There are a few necessities to use the feature, though.

For one, you’ll want to be signed in to the equal Google account on each your handset and your laptop computer (or computing device device). You’ll additionally want the trendy model of Chrome. If you’ve acquired that covered, you’re good.

Google says the characteristic have to already be handy to all Google Lens customers (we tried it on a Pixel four and it labored flawlessly). If you’re an iOS user, you can use the Google app to do the same.

Glorious, now you can forget about about ever transcribing textual content manually. Whew.