# TextScanner OCR | Shortcuts Library

> Translate, find phone numbers, urls, address, emails from images, pdfs, URLs, notes &action them

## What this shortcut does

Identifies phone numbers, urls, addresses, email addresses and dates to action, share full text, or part text and translations.
From images using OCR, or text, files, pdfs, notes
You can search for notes to check, or check them all.
Note you will need an API key from OCR Space for it to work.
Accepts
Share sheet, Clipboard, Photo Library, Camera, files, PDFs, notes
PDFs will use text if text is embedded, if no text is found it will OCR the pages to look for text.
Types identified and actions
Translate text
Phone Numbers - call number, message, share
URLs - view URL, share
Addresses - show in maps, share
email addresses - Send email, share
dates - create event, create reminder, show in calendar, share with the full text of scan/input in notes

## Compatibility

iPhone, iPad

## Required apps



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