Photo Reader3.4

With Photo Reader, you can extract text from any photo or image. Using the app, you select a photo or make a photo of a text document and then the app will very quickly present you the text found in the photo. You can then copy the text to use it somewhere else or you can send the text in a text message or email.

On iPad, you can drag and drop image files from Files to Photo Reader. You can select any photo from the Photos Library or any photo on disk.

You can also use Photo Reader in combination with Photos Editing, because a Photos Editing Extension is included.

Also, Photo Reader is included in the Share Menu, because a Share extension is included.

The provided extensions are very useful, because in many cases you don't even have to launch the app. Just select the Photo Reader extension after tapping the Share icon in your favourite app.

Photos Editing Extension

You can use Photo Reader while in Photos, for example. Tap on a photo, then tap Edit in the upper right. Now tap on the ellipsis (...) button to call on Photo Reader. The text found will be presented in a new screen.

Share Extension

Or you can use Photo Reader at any time where you are looking at an image and your favourite app allows to 'share' the image.

Most languages are supported : English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Russian and Arab.

Version History Minor bug fixes. 3.4 May 25 Adds support for new languages like : Thai, Vietnamese and Arabic. 3.3 05/26/2025 Fixed a connection to the old web site. 3.1 08/18/2023 Support for the Japanese, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian and Cantonese language. It also improves recognition capabilities for rotation and handwriting. 3.0 09/28/2022 You now fine-tune the text recognition by setting your preferred language to : English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese or Chinese. 2.5 01/27/2022 You can now select any image file to scan for text (including from iCloud), besides selecting a photo from the Photo Library. 2.0 12/06/2021 Added a print command to the Help screen. 1.3 11/29/2021 Version 1.2:

- adds support for Drag & Drop of image files (iPad)

Version 1.1.1:

- adds text recognition of Chinese text on iOS 14

Questions about the app or suggestions for improvement? Please send an email to support@photoreader.app. 1.2 09/25/2020 Version 1.1.1:

- adds text recognition of Chinese text on iOS 14

Questions about the app or suggestions for improvement? Please send an email to support@photoreader.app. 1.1.1 09/19/2020 Version 1.1:

- updated for iOS 14

Questions about the app or suggestions for improvement? Please send an email to support@photoreader.app. 1.1 09/17/2020 Version 1.0.2:

- added the German translation

Questions about the app or suggestions for improvement? Please send an email to support@photoreader.app. 1.0.2 09/09/2020 Version 1.0.1:

- added app previews
- Dutch and Spanish translations of the Help file

Questions about the app or suggestions for improvement? Please send an email to support@photoreader.app. 1.0.1 08/27/2020 1.0 08/26/2020