I Spy Text: Live OCR Search
Natasa Petek Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
I Spy Text: Live OCR Search is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Natasa Petek. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated August 14, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 54 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Aug 14
- 2026 · v1.4
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About 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, Mohawk, Mongo, Nahuatl, Navajo, Ndonga, Niuean, North Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Nyanja, Nyankole, Nyasa Tonga, Nzima, Occitan, Ojibwa, Old English, Old French, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Provencal, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Papiamento, Quechua, Romansh, Romany, Rundi, Samoan, Sango, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Shona, Songhai, Southern Sotho * Experimental languages aren't regularly tested. Mapped languages are supported by mapping to another language and are processed identically to the languages they're mapped to for text recognition. * By installing or using this app, you agree to the I Spy Text's Terms of Service (https://natasadev.com/tos/ispytext/) and Privacy Policy (https://natasadev.com/privacy/ispytext/).
What’s new
Version 1.4 · Updated August 14, 2026
Small enhancements and improvements.
App privacy
The developer, Natasa Petek, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics
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