I Spy Text: Live OCR Search

Ctrl+F for the real world. Discover the ultimate live camera text search app—your real-time OCR scanner.

How it works:
• You type the keyword or phrase you're looking for.
• You point your iPhone or iPad camera at a page in your book, manual, medication label, or any other type of document.
• The app instantly highlights the term as soon as it sees it—no taking photos or processing needed.

It’s super helpful for doing things like:
• Quickly finding definitions in a dense manual.
• Verifying key concepts during review sessions.
• Finding an important part of the instructions in the medication label.
• Even finding a specific textbook on a crowded library shelf.

Key Features:
• Instant Search: No more flipping pages! Searches split lines, orientations, and 25+ languages.
• Smart Text Highlighter: Pinpoint keywords in books, docs, or shelves. Audio alerts notify you on match.
• Multilingual Scanner: Supports Afrikaans to Vietnamese (full list below). Experimental & mapped languages for global use.
• Export & History: Save highlighted text to Photos; quick-access search history.
• Student & Pro Tools: Ideal for education—find quotes, terms, or titles fast.
• Supports text searching in Latin script.
• Privacy-first: No data shared without consent.

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, Moha