Google Lens gets new features including the ability to copypaste handwritten notes to your computer

Google has announced that it would be adding a bunch of new features to its Google Lens application. The new features are designed to help users be more productive while they are working from home. The new features let you copy text from paper to laptop, learn the pronunciation of new words and read sentences out loud.

Copy text from paper to laptop

Users can now use Google Lens to copy text from paper notes and transfer the text to their laptop. All users have to do is select the text with Lens, and use the “copy to computer’ feature to copy text from the paper, and transfer it directly to another signed on device with Chrome. Both devices should be running the latest version of Chrome and be signed into the same account for the feature to work.  This should help reduce the hassle of manually typing down notes, or transferring text from one device to another.

Learn pronunciations of new words

Google Lens will now not only translate text from one language to another, but it will also help you pronounce any new words that you may be seeing. This should be handy for those who are learning a new language and wish to know how certain words and pronounced. In order to use the feature, users will have to select the text from Lens and tap the new ‘Listen’ button to hear the word out loud. 

In-line Google Search results

The new in-line Google Search results feature is aimed at helping users help learn more about words or phrases that they may not be familiar with without the need to open another app. The new features will show the meaning of words and phrases within the app itself, so users don’t need to search for the term separately on Google.



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