Your phone copies video text
Kim Komando Daily Tech Update

Your phone copies video text

B1IntermediateNovember 14, 202612 min
  • Technology

That recipe flashed on screen for two seconds. Don’t grab a pen. Your phone can copy words right out of a paused video. I’ll tell you how. Plus, Harry from Studio Hotrods is going viral for building a license plate cover that blanks out when the car passes a Flock camera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You're watching a cooking video. The recipe flashes on the screen for just a few seconds and poof, it's gone. Everybody else scrambles for a pen, not you. You know this tech secret.

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Here's the trick nobody ever told you about. Your phone can grab words right out of a paused video, just like it does with photos. On an iPhone, pause the video and press and hold on the words.

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Then tap copy. You'll also see translate, perfect for that Italian cooking show. On newer androids, it's called circle to search.

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