How to Use WPS Scan Text on Android

Use Scan Text with 2 how-to topics, both membership-related, and go to the How-to Index to open the steps for each task.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Scan text with the camera

Entry point: Tools > Insert > Scan Text

1. Tap Tools at the bottom.
2. Select the Insert tab.
3. Tap Scan Text.
4. Take a photo of the content you want to recognize, then tap Next.
5. Select the scan area in the photo, then tap Start Extracting.
6. Tap Insert into Document to finish the image to text process.
   Tip: You can turn on AI Scan to improve recognition accuracy.

Success Criteria

• UI state: The recognized text is inserted into the current document.
• Next actions: You can continue editing, copying, or adjusting the inserted text.

Tips While Using

• Common mistakes: If the phone shakes during capture or the text area is tilted, recognition quality may be affected.
• Membership: This topic requires WPS Premium.
• Environment limits: Camera permission is required the first time you use this feature.

2. Scan text from a gallery image

Entry point: Tools > Insert > Scan Text

1. Tap Tools at the bottom.
2. Select the Insert tab.
3. Tap Scan Text.
4. Tap Gallery at the bottom.
5. Select an image, then tap Next.
6. Select the scan area in the image, then tap Start Extracting.
7. Tap Insert into Document to finish the image to text workflow.
   Tip: You can turn on AI Scan to improve recognition accuracy.

Success Criteria

• UI state: Text from the gallery image is extracted and inserted into the document.
• Next actions: You can continue editing the extracted text.

Tips While Using

• Common mistakes: If the selected scan area is too large, extra content may be included.
• Membership: This topic requires WPS Premium.
• Environment limits: Gallery or storage access permission is required.