#Is there a way to word search on mac for free#

Next, all you have to do is point your iPhone's camera at the book, document, pamphlet, magazine, bill, or whatever else it is you want to scan for text. Open the SearchCam app, grant it access to your camera, then type in the word or phrase you're looking for in the 'Search' box. But it's simple and intuitive for even the most novice smartphone users. SearchCam's user interface isn't the prettiest since it's marred by an advertisement banner on the bottom and hasn't been updated to be optimized with newer screen ratios of the iPhone X and newer. App Store Link: SearchCam: Ctrl+F for life (free).And the app works with and without any data connections since there's no interaction to and from any server. In order to install it, you'll need to be running iOS 11 or later. Either look for it in the App Store on your iPhone or jump right to it with the link below.

#Is there a way to word search on mac for free#

Ozturk's app, SearchCam, is available for free in the iOS App Store. All you have to do is point your camera at the document and use the app's built-in Ctrl-F (or Command-F for Mac users) feature to spot exactly what's needed. Thanks to developer Omer Faruk Ozturk, we have an iOS app that can instantly scan for any word or phrase on a page in the flesh-and-blood world. Don't Miss: Find Songs by Lyrics in Apple Music for iOS 12 & Higher.Sometimes the index can help if one is available, but otherwise, you need to speed read to find what you're looking for. Imagine you're scanning through a lengthy paper document for a specific word or trying to locate a specific reference on one of the pages in a huge textbook. Hardcover and paperback books are still very much a thing, as well as paper-based documents, and finding what you need is as simple as pointing your iPhone's camera at the page. But those do nothing for you when searching text in the real world.

Safari has a convenient 'Find' feature to search for specific words and phrases in a webpage, and Apple Books has a similar feature for e-books and PDFs.