1. A computer-implemented method executed on an electronic device, the electronic device having a display screen, the method comprising: displaying an image on the display screen; receiving a user selection of a first portion of the image; responsive to the user selection of the first portion of the image, the first portion of the image containing a selected text portion, performing text recognition of the selected text portion and of an unselected text portion, the unselected text portion located in a second portion of the image being distinct from the selected text portion located in the first portion of the image, the second portion of the image being immediately adjacent to the first portion of the image; after performing the text recognition of the selected text portion and of the unselected text portion, determining if the unselected text portion should form part of a recognized text element, the determining comprises detecting at least one of a logical continuation and a logical extension of the unselected text portion relative to the selected text portion; responsive to determining that the unselected text portion should form part of the recognized text element, creating the recognized text element that includes the selected text portion and at least a portion of the unselected text portion; the display screen being a touch screen, wherein receiving the user selection of the first portion of the image is effected by identifying a touch action performed by the user on the display screen; and wherein the displaying the image on the display screen comprises displaying a blurred version of the image, and wherein the touch action performed by the user on the display screen is sweeping a portion of the blurred version of the image, the portion of the blurred version of the image corresponding to the first portion of the image.