Workshop 3
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First give ScreenshotGo
access to your photos
by tappingAllow. The
app then whisksyou to the
homepage. This has a search
bar at the top,^1 where you
can enter any text you
want to find in your
screenshots.Below this is a
list of recent screenshots,^2
and at the bottom are your
ScreenshotGocollections.^32
Selecta screenshot,
then tap the T button(^1) to activate text
recognition.The app
highlightsany text it finds
in the screenshot.^2 Tap a
piece of text to display it at
the foot of the screen,^3
where you can press and
hold to copy, share or search
onlinefor it.^4
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There are two waysto
organisescreenshots
into collections,whether
you use the preset optionsor
make your own. The first is to
openthe app and selectan
existing collectionfrom the
homepage, or chooseCreate
New Collection,then selecta
screenshotand press the
folder icon.^1 Tap the
appropriate folder to save the
screenshotthere.^2
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Alternatively, if you’re
viewinga screenshotin
QuickAccess, press the
three dots and select‘Move
to’,^1 then follow Step 3 to
add your screenshotto a
collection.The three-dots
menualso lets you view
screenshotinfo^2 or delete
the image.^3 Next to the
three-dotsmenuis a Share
icon that you can use to
distribute your screenshotsfar
and wide.
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The easiest way to
capture the contents of
your screen is to pull
down the notification area,^1
where you’ll find a permanent
ScreenshotGonotification.^2
Tappingthis immediately
takes a screenshot,even if the
app isn’t open.
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The second methodis
to openthe app and use
the Lens icon that
hovers permanentlyon the
right of the screen.^1 Press
and hold to drag it into
position,then tap to take a
screenshot.This opensthe
‘Move to’ tool,^2 so you can
quicklyadd the screenshotto
a collectionor click the X^3 to
Delete or Save it.^4
Identify and search for text in Android screenshots
M
ozilla’s Firefox ScreenshotGoapp is a smartfree tool
that locates text in imagesat the touch of a button.
This meansyou can photograph remindersor take
screen grabs of text messages,then find themlater by
searchingfor their contents. The app also helps
you manageyour screenshotsby organisingthem
into collectionsfor easy retrieval. Just be aware
that, whilethe app ran well for us, it is still in beta.
FirefoxScreenshotGo:bit.ly/screenshot479 | 10 mins | Android 5+
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