Using GetLiveText()
Becoming familiar with all of FileMaker’s possible technology integrations can take many years. Often, the learning process happens as a side effect of solving a specific need. While you can use almost any other programming language alongside FileMaker, the built-in features can be a breath of fresh air, especially if you haven’t tried them before.
In this video, I take a look at the GetLiveText feature, introduced in version 19.5, which is supported on both macOS and iOS. If you’re using FileMaker Go or working with a large number of images, the GetLiveText functions can prove very useful.
Even if your deployment is primarily on Windows, a single Mac can serve as a processing agent to pick up images and perform some free OCR. If extracting text from images is something you need, be sure to check out this handy feature.