MATLAB: Can I place text on top of a figure irrespective of the current axis

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The problem that I have with the text() command is that it only works for the current axis. I have a figure with dozens of axes, and just want to add some text labels to it at the end. But depending on the position of the text, it can fall in the area of another axis and is therefore not visible, which makes the whole thing very complicated to change the current axis depending on the position of the text…

is there a way for example to create an invisible axis that spans the whole figure and is on top of the others so I can just place text objects as I like?

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Use an annotation 'TextBox'. These use the figure's units.

http://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2013a/matlab/ref/annotationtextboxproperties.html

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EDIT —

Added plot image

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