About Photo Reader
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...
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
[email protected]. 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
[email protected]. 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
[email protected]. 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
[email protected]. 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
[email protected]. 1.0.1 08/27/2020 1.0 08/26/2020
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Photo Reader since it was posted on our website on 2023-09-05 23:41:15.
The latest version is 3.4 and it was updated on 2026-06-23 17:35:52. See below the changes in each version.
Photo Reader version 3.4
Updated At: 2026-06-02
Changes: 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
[email protected]. 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
[email protected]. 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
[email protected]. 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
[email protected]. 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
[email protected]. 1.0.1 08/27/2020 1.0 08/26/2020
Photo Reader version 3.3
Updated At: 2025-05-27
Changes: May 27, 2025
Version 3.3
Adds support for new languages like : Thai, Vietnamese and Arabic.
Photo Reader version 3.3
Updated At: 2025-05-26
Changes: Adds support for new languages like : Thai, Vietnamese and Arabic.
Photo Reader version 3.2
Updated At: 2024-01-23
Changes: Jan 23, 2024
Version 3.2
Fixes a bug in Drag & Drop
Photo Reader version 3.0.1
Updated At: 2022-10-22
Changes: Oct 22, 2022
Version 3.0.1
Support for the Japanese, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian and Cantonese language on macOS Ventura. It also improves recognition capabilities for rotation and handwriting and other improvements.
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