Lasso: Select Any Text

Saeed Momen

About this app

Some apps won't let you select text: buttons, lists, image captions, chat bubbles, games. Lasso fixes that.

Open Lasso in any app and the screen dims. All the text on screen becomes selectable. Drag across words to select them, adjust the selection with the handles, then pick Copy, Share or Translate.

HOW TO OPEN LASSO
• Tap the accessibility button (a small floating button) or use the two-finger swipe gesture.
• On Pixel phones, double-tap the back of the phone with Quick Tap.
• Press Back or tap outside the text to close it.

FEATURES
• Works in any app, including text inside images and games
• Select single words, several lines, or a whole block with a double tap
• Copy, share, or translate with Google Translate's popup, then come back to your selection
• Pauses videos and music while you select (optional)
• Matches your phone's colors (Material You) and dark theme

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Lasso reads text by taking a screenshot when you open it and recognizing the text on your phone. It has no internet permission, so nothing can leave your phone. Nothing is saved. No ads, no analytics, no account. Lasso is open source, so you can check this yourself: github.com/saied89/Lasso

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE
Lasso uses Android's accessibility service to take the screenshot when you open it, to show the selection screen over other apps, to provide the accessibility button, and to close when you press Back. It does not read other apps' content, collect data, or act on your behalf.

LIMITS
• Text recognition reads Latin-script languages only.
• Apps that block screenshots, like banking apps and private browser tabs, can't be read.

What’s new

First release. Select, copy, share or translate any text on your screen, in any app.