From CNBC.com…
The latest version of the iPhone operating system, iOS 15, has several new features that use artificial intelligence to analyze the content in a photo.
While object recognition has been around for a while, Apple says that its implementation differs because it happens on the device, instead of on a cloud server. Plus, it’s built into the operating system.
One of the handiest applications of this new technology is the ability to copy and paste text from a photo — so, for example, users can take a photo of a page in a book and then grab that text and put it into a document or a note.
It also allows users to call or email more easily by recognizing phone numbers and email addresses that have been written down, like on a business card.
It works with handwritten text as well — Apple’s example when it announced the feature in June was turning scribbles on a whiteboard into notes.
Here’s how it works:
