Open up an image with text in it, and you'll see an option to copy the onscreen text. The extracted text can be copied to the clipboard, used as a web search, or even translated with another tap.

Extract text from image on Android using Google Lens, Microsoft Lens, Google Photos, Adobe Scan, and more with these easy-to-use OCR tools.

But, have you ever wondered how the entire conversion from image to text happens? How does the Google Lens app identify texts in the image, font and language in the image.