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Live-Text-style on-device OCR for de-googled Android (GrapheneOS etc.) - select and copy text on any image, fully offline

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iOS-style "select text on any image" OCR for de-googled Android

Name: iOS-style "select text on any image" OCR for de-googled Android
Availability: InStock
Author: leumon

by leumon·Jul 7, 2026·1 point·0 comments

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Live Text for GrapheneOS users who miss Pixel features.

Strengths

•No internet permission required, runs entirely on-device with ML Kit.
•Quick settings tile integration for fast screenshot-to-text workflow.

Weaknesses

•Only supports Latin scripts by default, CJK models need manual addition.
•APK size is large at 43MB due to bundled recognition model.

Post Description

On iPhone and Pixel you can select text in any image like it's real text. On GrapheneOS there was no good equivalent, and I really missed it. TextGrab does that: screenshot → quick settings tile → select and copy, all on-device with no Google services and no internet permission. Built with Fable 5 in an afternoon. MIT licensed, feedback welcome.