# 2 Q's on How to: Import Screen Capture (or other info) into Glide

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/2-qs-on-how-to-import-screen-capture-or-other-info-into-glide/62557>\
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**Created:** [June 8, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/2-qs-on-how-to-import-screen-capture-or-other-info-into-glide/62557 "2023-06-08T02:30:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![JamieErvin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jamieervin/32/57900_2.png) [@JamieErvin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JamieErvin)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/2-qs-on-how-to-import-screen-capture-or-other-info-into-glide/62557/1 "2023-06-08T02:30:26Z")

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Hello!

1. Is it possible to let users do a screen capture (ie iPhone ) and paste that into Glide?
2. Is there an AI feature that can read text from files (images) and import that into Glide?

Would I love to have happen is take the information from a confirmation screen and important it from the photo into Glide’s … otherwise importing the photo itself is the fall back plan.

Thanks!  
If so, are the steps to do so in the Glide ecosystem? I may be looking under the wrong search terms.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/2-qs-on-how-to-import-screen-capture-or-other-info-into-glide/62557/2 "2023-06-08T02:37:25Z")

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> [@JamieErvin](#):
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> Is it possible to let users do a screen capture (ie iPhone ) and paste that into Glide?

Yes, all you need is an Image Picker component.

> [@JamieErvin](#):
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> Is there an AI feature that can read text from files (images) and import that into Glide?

You can use the Google Cloud Vision Integration

> **[Google Cloud Vision | Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/automation/integrations/google-cloud-vision)**
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> Integrate vision detection features in your app

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**Author:** ![JamieErvin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jamieervin/32/57900_2.png) [@JamieErvin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JamieErvin)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/2-qs-on-how-to-import-screen-capture-or-other-info-into-glide/62557/3 "2023-06-08T15:14:30Z")

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> [@Darren\_Murphy](#):
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> > [@JamieErvin](#):
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> > Is it possible to let users do a screen capture (ie iPhone ) and paste that into Glide?
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> Yes, all you need is an Image Picker component.

To be clear (to make sure we are on the same page):  
What I was referring to was not just uploading the image. I meant is there a way to copy the screen capture directly to the clipboard and then paste that into Glide?

Essentially, the user needs to be able to take a screen capture of a confirmation screen. If they can paste that directly into Glide that would be awesome.

Those extra steps of uploading are fine but this is happening in an active environment so the fewer the steps the better.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/2-qs-on-how-to-import-screen-capture-or-other-info-into-glide/62557/4 "2023-06-08T15:17:48Z")

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> [@JamieErvin](#):
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> What I was referring to was not just uploading the image. I meant is there a way to copy the screen capture directly to the clipboard and then paste that into Glide?

No, I’m not aware of anyway to do that.

> [@JamieErvin](#):
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> Essentially, the user needs to be able to take a screen capture of a confirmation screen. If they can paste that directly into Glide that would be awesome.

Does a screen capture even go to a device clipboard? 🤔  
I guess the behaviour may vary from device to device (and maybe it’s configurable on some devices), but I believe that on an iPhone the default behaviour is to save the image straight to the camera roll?

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**Author:** ![JamieErvin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jamieervin/32/57900_2.png) [@JamieErvin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JamieErvin)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/2-qs-on-how-to-import-screen-capture-or-other-info-into-glide/62557/5 "2023-06-08T20:49:10Z")

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I was testing that out before I read your message and yes it goes to the camera roll.

So it looks the only option would be multiple steps.

Thanks a lot for the assistance!
