Research on this problem is still in its infancy, with many works manually processing corpora for locations and few cross-domain studies. Automatically extracting this geographic information could help conduct meta-analyses, find geographical research gaps, and retrieve articles using spatial search criteria. Most often, this information appears in the full-text article contents as a description in natural language including place names, with no accompanying machine-readable geographic metadata. Read:Īpple to bring OCR-like Live Text to Intel Macs after all.Scientific articles often contain relevant geographic information such as where field work was performed or where patients were treated. Initially it looked like Live Text would only be available to M1 Macs, but Apple has since opened up the feature to Intel Macs too, although it’s likely to be limited to more recent models.
Once you’ve updated your Mac to macOS Monterey (or signed up for the beta software program mentioned above), you will be able to take advantage of the new Live Text feature.
How to install the iOS 15 beta on iPhone.
So, unless you really can’t hold out until Autumn, we’d recommend waiting for the full version of iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 to arrive. The latter is the quickest, as you can use it today, but be warned that beta software can be buggy and problematic. IPhone 13 is expected to arrive) or sign up to theĪpple Beta Software program. This means you can either wait until it launches later this year (around September when the To use the Live Text feature, your iPhone will need to be running Here’s how to use Live Text on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The app is designed for iPad but will also work on M1 Macs.
SnipCopy – this iPad and iPhone app will extract text from pictures, PDFs and anything on the screen. TextSniper – This Mac app can extract text from your images, scanned paper documents, PDFs, and even videos.
Because the free version is limited to 50 characters you’ll probably find it best for copying email addresses and phone numbers. It even has language detection options, so you could use English, French, German or Chinese. Otherwise it’s 99p a month or a one off payment of £8.99. There’s a free version that is limited to 50 characters per detection, but you can use it for as long as you like. LiveScan – this app can also grab text from images.
Adobe Scan – turns screenshots, saved images, photos, business cards and even white board notes into a digital file and unlocks the text using OCR.