The latest update to Microsoft PowerToys adds three new features, a screen ruler, a quick accent tool, and a text extractor. The update also adds a plugin that lets ...

Last month, Microsoft’s Phone Link platform added the ability to extract text from images in your Android phone’s gallery. The optical character recognition (OCR) feature dubbed as “Scan Text” was ...

Microsoft's Snipping Tool on Windows 11 is a handy way to capture specific screenshots on your PC, and it's now getting an upgrade to make copying text from images way easier. In a blog post published ...

Microsoft is making it easier to extract texts from on-screen content without having to take a screenshot of the same first, X user PhantomOfEarth reported. This is going to be possible using the same ...

It is update time for those using PowerToys on Windows 10 and 11. Version 0.74 is now available for download with numerous fixes, and improvements. This version upgrades the Windows App SDK to 1.4.1, ...

Why it matters: Windows 11's Snipping Tool already allows you to copy text from images, offering functionality similar to Apple's Live Text – but Microsoft's implementation involves a few more steps.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There are all kinds of reasons why you might want to extract text ...

September 7, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Microsoft’s PowerToys has a new utility that lets you copy text from images: If someone sends you a picture of ...

Microsoft's open-source PowerToys tool is a great way to customize your Windows experience. It has options to optimize app windows for big monitors, preview new image types in File Explorer, and more.