Text recognition for copying lives under Text to Speech on the Present view. Hearing the Mac speak that text is a separate control. Exporting a scan as Word uses OCR language on the Scan format menu instead.
Recognize and copy
- Open Present. Frame the printed text. Optional: choose Freeze Image if the page shifts.
- Choose Text to Speech. Pick a language if needed, then start recognition.
- In the text panel, select the words and copy them (⌘C).
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Related: Read the text aloud · Save a scan as Word