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How to disable live text (images to text) in Mac

AstonJ

AstonJ

How to disable live text (images to text) in Mac

Just upgraded to macOS Monterey (12.1) and finding ‘live text’ quite annoying! If anyone else wants to turn it off here’s how:

System Prefs > General > Language & Region > Live Text

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joeb

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Is it safe to upgrade to macOS Monterey now? Heard that it bricked some Macs.

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DevotionGeo

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Contrary to your experience, I loved this feature! :slight_smile:

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AstonJ

AstonJ

It was bugging me - especially when there is text in a logo that you have to click often :upside_down_face:

I’ve not heard of those reports and I think most people here said they were running it fine… hope it stays that way :lol:

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