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Read aloud text and labels around you using Magnifier on iPhone

On supported models and for selected languages, you can use the Magnifier app to point to any text or interactive labels in your environment to have your iPhone read them out loud.

The Magnifier screen in Detection Mode showing the Point and Speak feature.

Important: Detection Mode should not be relied on in high-risk or emergency situations, in circumstances where you may be harmed or injured, or for navigation.

Read all text captured on the Magnifier screen

On supported models and for selected languages, you can use the Magnifier app to identify and read out loud all the text that’s visible in the field of view of your iPhone camera.

  1. Open the Magnifier app on your iPhone.

  2. Tap the Detection Mode button to go to Detection Mode.

  3. Tap the Text Detection button, then aim your lens at whatever you want read aloud.

Point to speak interactive labels

On supported models and for selected languages, you can use the Magnifier app to point to any interactive labels in your environment to have your iPhone speak their text out loud.

When several knobs or buttons have small text labels, you can use Point and Speak, and your iPhone will read the text so you can tell them apart. You can use this for objects with text labels such as:

  • Digital screens, like grocery self-checkouts

  • Keypads

  • Folders in a file cabinet

  • Household appliances

  • ATMs

  1. Open the Magnifier app on your iPhone.

  2. Tap the Detection Mode button to go to Detection Mode.

  3. Tap the Point and Speak button, aim your lens at whatever you want read aloud, then point your finger to identify which text to read.

To change how you point to a label, while in Detection Mode tap the Detection Mode Settings button (in the top-left corner), tap Point and Speak, then below Location, tap Under (to read text under your fingertip) or Above (to read text directly above your finger).

Text Detection and Point and Speak work with VoiceOver. See Turn on and practice VoiceOver on iPhone.

See alsoDetect people around you using Magnifier on iPhoneDetect doors around you using Magnifier on iPhoneReceive image descriptions of your surroundings in Magnifier on iPhone
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