- Windows 11 drives the snip tool up in the test right now
- A new feature allows you to copy all the text from an image immediately
- There is no need to take a screen shot first, as was the case in the past, so this is a nice time -saving
Microsoft makes it even easier for Windows 11 users to be able to extract text from images (or any content) on screen.
Windows 11 already has this OCR-driven (optical character recognition) ability that you may be aware of, but at present it is necessary to take a screen first with the snip tool before you can extract text from this image.
With a new update to the SNIP tool that has just been released (which was previously leaked), you don’t have to grab a screenshot to perform text extraction anymore – although remember that this is still in testing at this point (so it can still be Wonky).
As Neowin reports, with preview of version 11,2503.27.0 of the snip tool, you can simply hit Windows + Shift + S Keys together and this appears in the recording bar for the tool.
Instead of having to create a snip (screen), the ‘Text Extractor’ setting will be right there in the bar, so you can just click on it, without the need to save a screen catch first.
Analysis: Power (Toys) To the People
Essentially, this directly integrates the possibility of extracting text from images (or any screen content) into Windows 11, without any need for further steps, and mirroring the functionality present in Microsoft’s Powertoys package with tools (for advanced Windows users) -and it will definitely be appreciated by people using this capacity.
It is obviously less trouble than having to clear the obstacle by actually grabbing a screenshot if all you are interested in doing is copying all the text that is currently visible on your screen.
I say all The text, but that is only what happens if you use the ‘Copy All Text’ option. If you just want a specific part of the text, you can only select and extract these words (it is also possible to remove line breaks if you want).
Microsoft is slowly expanding Windows 11’s OCR forces, and you remember the end of last year the app photos Optical Character recognition built in to draw text from images directly within the application.
