Smart Select has been Downgraded.

[Blackberrycreole]

Yes I noticed that about the note 5 that it doesn't have smart Select well the text capturing select option from what's on screen. That was a great feature to have I used that constantly so thinking that the No 5 is coming out I was going to get that and more options but they took it from us. I don't understand if its lost in the system or Samsung just forgot.

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[Blackberrycreole]

I just got an update through t-mobile on my galaxy note 5 smart Select is now back in full force and text selectv is now back! Woo hoo!

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[Blackberrycreole]

It's back, select text on the smart select feature on now 5

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[TheLastPanda]

Damn. Common AT&T! Update us!

 

[joejkd82]

Well, not really. It won't perform ocr, it only works if you highlight actual text. Text on images won't be read. Actual text is already selectable, so this isn't all that useful.

You used to be able to smart select an image with an address, extract the text and have it input in maps for navigation.

Also, you are unable to do anything with the text except share it with others

This phone needs that. Right now, if i get an address the doesn't hyperlink for me, I have to open memo, shrink and move so i can write while seeing the address, which usually makes the memo too small to fit it legibly.

Then, you can link to action. Smart select handled this use case on the note 4. On the note 5 it's just another way to highlight text or send a screen shot. On the note 4 it was a unique feature. Here, it's just redundant.

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[TheLastPanda]

That's really crap that OCR is not supported. That's one feature that I really would loke

 

[Kelly Kearns]

There is an OCR app in the Samsung store that is supposed to do a work around for this. It was discussed the first week the phone came out.

 

[Blackberrycreole]

htt p s://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.renard.ocr

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[beh]

There is an OCR app in the Samsung store that is supposed to do a work around for this. It was discussed the first week the phone came out.

Actually, I find it to work very well and be very accurate. It gives you the option of saving in a variety of format including as text. The saved document is saved in the OCR app folder on your phone not Snote. It can be accessed from the My Files OEM app.

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

Well, not really. It won't perform ocr, it only works if you highlight actual text. Text on images won't be read. Actual text is already selectable, so this isn't all that useful.

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I agree. This feature needs to return. It doesn't make sense that they would get rid of it.

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[WeAreAllUnique]

There is a workaround. If you highlight an address using the S-pen and share it to s-note you can simply tap on the link it creates to open maps. It's not as simple as it was before, but it's something.

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[Blackberrycreole]

I did a video chat with a Samsung rep, and they told me they couldn't find nothing posted or listed for the reason why it was removed. Samsung have no explanation.

 

[Dhanikz]

There is a similar option. Could even be the one you are talking about. If you are using the stock keyboard there is a button next to the "sym" button which gives many options such as clipboard, handwriting, voice. Among those options is an icon for OCR. So you could instantly share or save extracted stuff straight from the keyboard.

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[TheLastPanda]

There is a similar option. Could even be the one you are talking about. If you are using the stock keyboard there is a button next to the "sym" button which gives many options such as clipboard, handwriting, voice. Among those options is an icon for OCR. So you could instantly share or save extracted stuff straight from the keyboard.

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Wow, that is a great find!

 

[Dhanikz]

Wow, that is a great find!

hope it helps. Yet you cannot navigate directly though. And that method isn't through smart select.
If you want to extract through smart select, you can install "Google goggles" And once it's in the system. You can do a smart capture and goto share options. And you should see Google goggles there. This will allow OCR through smart select.

 

[emcknight23]

http://phandroid.com/2015/12/02/galaxy-note-5-s6-edge-plus-update/

Oh snap. latest update suppose to bring back the Smart select text reader feature. i have to wait and hour and and half to see if i have the update. Any ones have it?

 

[saiyyasuka pon]

Bump

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[wikimeee]

You just need to install an application called Optical Reader from sumsung store. It will works as before.

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[Blackberrycreole]

It's back? But not fully...

 

[Mark Valentine]

It is still there, use smart select and select the lasso tool. Then just draw an oval or rectangle around the text you want. Smart select will then cut out the area you selected. You should be a box with a T in it to the top right of the area you cut out. Once you click on it, it will have the option to share that text to apps, messaging, etc.