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#Windows11 – Extract Text with Snipping Tool

Hi!

A couple of months ago, I wrote about how cool it was to use the “Text Extract” Feature in PowerToys (link). And hey, this is a super cool feature.

Now we have a similar feature, out of the box directly in Windows 11 with the Snipping Tool (link).

Let’s look at this feature, over a screenshot of an OpenAI email. This feature uses Optical Character Recognition (OCR), which means we can now scan the text within our captured images.

We have the option to either copy a selected portion of the recognized text or copy all the text from the screenshot before saving it.

Additionally, you can also censor sensitive text and then copy the remaining part of the text from the image. It’s a handy tool for working with text in your screenshots.

screenshot of an openai email receipt, where the snipping tool is extracting the text

Super cool!

Happy coding!

Greetings

El Bruno

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