I Spy Text: Live Camera Search
Instantly Find Text in Books, Manuals, and More — Just Point Your iPhone or iPad Camera!
Coming soon to the Apple App Store
Instant Live Camera Text Search.
Effortlessly locate text in documents. Simply type your search term, point your device, and let your live camera highlight the information you need in books, manuals, labels, and beyond. 25+ languages are supported. 1
I Spy Text Goes Beyond Basic Search.
It intelligently finds your term even when it’s split across multiple lines or appears in different orientations.
This makes it incredibly easy to search within your books, or even locate specific titles on a crowded library shelf.
25+ Languages Supported 1
Optional Audio Feedback
Export of Found Text to Photo Gallery
Perfect for Students and Others
Coming soon to the Apple App Store
I Spy Text supports text searching in Latin script.
Supported Languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Experimental Languages: Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Cebuano, Esperanto, Galician, Haitian Creole, Irish, Javanese, Latin, Maltese, Swahili, Uzbek, Welsh, Zulu
Mapped Languages: Acehnese, Acholi, Adangme, Akan, Algonquinian, Araucanian/Mapuche, Asturian, Athabaskan, Aymara, Balinese, Bambara, Bantu, Batak, Bemba, Bikol, Bislama, Breton, Choctaw, Cree, Creek, Dakota, Duala, Efik, Ewe, Faroese, Fijian, Fon, Fulah, Ga, Ganda, Gayo, Gilbertese, Gothic, Guarani, Hausa, Hawaiian, Herero, Hiligaynon, Iban, Igbo, Iloko, Kabyle, Kachin, Kalaallisut, Kamba, Kanuri, Khasi, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Kongo, Kosraean, Kuanyama, Lingala, Low German, Lozi, Luba-Katanga, Luo, Madurese, Malagasy, Mandingo, Manx, Maori, Marshallese, Mende, Middle English, Middle High German, Minangkabau, Mohawk, Mongo, Nahuatl, Navajo, Ndonga, Niuean, North Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Nyanja, Nyankole, Nyasa Tonga, Nzima, Occitan, Ojibwa, Old English, Old French, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Provencal, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Papiamento, Quechua, Romansh, Romany, Rundi, Samoan, Sango, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Shona, Songhai, Southern Sotho
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I Spy Text is available on the App Store. Compatible with devices running iOS 18+ or iPadOS 18+. Title availability is subject to change. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish. Features are subject to change. The app and/or some features may not be available in all regions or all languages. I Spy Text offers a 14-day free trial. A subscription is required to use the app after the trial period. See Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.