“Smart” camera “Yandex” will be able to recognize and copy text

The Russian company “Yandex” has added a text recognition mode to the “smart” camera. Now it is enough to point the camera at a word or phrase, and the user will be able to copy it. This will help in cases where it is inconvenient to type text manually.

Recognition is available in 47 languages, the text can be saved, sent as a message or entered into a Yandex search. The function is useful if you need to find the title of a textbook on the Internet, copy a summary of a report or text from a slide. Text recognition technology works on the basis of neural networks. The first finds the text in the image, and the second deciphers it by analyzing the lettering and words.

Previously, Yandex’s “smart” camera was able to translate text from images, scan documents, or recognize objects, such as identifying a car model or the name of a houseplant. The Yandex smart camera is available in mobile apps for iOS and Android, as well as in Yandex Browser.

Evgeny Fedunenko