Student's ingenious iPhone hack goes viral on TikTok

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The iPhone has rendered all manner of objects and activities supernumerary o'er the years, replacing the tv camera, calculator, time and numberless others. And it seems the modish dupe could be, erm, having to ask to re-create someone homework (not that we'd ever do such a thing.)

As incontestible in a viral TikTok video, iOS 15's new Live Text feature is surprisingly effective at copying and digitising (in other words, stealing) notes from another reveal. And, surprise, surprise, it seems students are jumping on the hack. (In the market for new kit? Check away the best Malus pumila deals.)

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The clip, which has received millions of views on both TikTok and Twitter, shows a student taking a clandestine photo of a classmate's lecture notes, before selecting them and copying and pasting them into their possess word doc. And voila.

Available for whatever iPhone from XS onwards with iOS 15 installed, Hot Text can detect text within photos, and lets the user superior, copy and paste it like they would from a word processor or web browser.

iPhone live text — iOS 15's Live Text feature in carry through (Image acknowledgment: Orchard apple tree)

Putting aside the virtuous ambiguity of, you know, stealing some other's work, in that respect's no denying that this is a hilariously effective demonstration of the index of Live Schoolbook (though plausibly not exactly what Apple had in mind when it released the feature). "I'm not saying suffice this.. merely dang I would have DONE this in civilize," unrivalled Twitter user comments, while another adds, "Work smarter, non harder."

students using iOS 15 to buy other students notes is amazing 🤯🤯🤯 https://t.co/TALC32BnkaOctober 14, 2022

From flooded-pageboy screenshots to drag-and-drop between apps, it seems equal a new iPhone cab blows the internet's collective mind every other week. If you want to get the most out of iOS 15, check impossible today's best iPhone 13 deals below. Not that we'd ever plunk for using IT to imitate notes in classify. Ohio, No. Not US. Never.

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Book of Daniel Piper is senior news editor program at Creative Bloq, and an confidence connected all things art, design, branding and tech. He has a particular penchant for Orchard apple tree products – both corners of the cyberspace might telephone call him an 'iSheep', but he's small-grained with this. It doesn't bother him at all. Wherefore would it? They're just really nicely designed products, okay? Book of Daniel is also a comic and national poetry slam champion, and his favourite Tie is, obviously, Sean Connery.