WRD Scanner (iOS and iPadOS—Free & Pro)

Copy & Highlight Printed Text

“WRD Scanner“ is a live text recognition app that scans, highlights, and copies words from physical printed texts such as books. Just hover your device camera over some printed text and enter the words that you'd like to find into the app search bar—the words will quickly become highlighted on your device screen with great precision.

WRD Scanner is best described as a real-world ”command-F” (text finder) and ”command-C” (text copier) for your iOS device that scans, recognizes, and highlights keywords real-time in passages of printed text that you view through your device camera. WRD Scanner eliminates those tedious, time-consuming keyword searches in books and other printed text documents, and enables entire passages of text, or even individual words and sentences, to be copied onto your device and shared with ease.

WRD Scanner is available in free and paid (Pro) versions for iPhone and iPad, and no account sign-up is required: Download on the App Store

Key features:

• Just hold your device camera over the text that you'd like to scan and type the words that you'd like to find into the search bar—the words will be highlighted on the device screen if they're found in the printed text

• Live, continuous scanning and snapshot modes both available

• Copy whole passages of text with just the touch of a button

• Copy individual words and sentences by drawing boxes around them on the screen

• Easily share copied text across other apps that are installed on your device

• No WiFi or cellular network required & no ads (Pro version only)

• No account or sign-up necessary