Tool

PowerToys Text Extractor

Microsoft Learn · learn.microsoft.com

Microsoft's free utility for copying text from anywhere on a Windows screen, including inside images and videos, with a keyboard shortcut.

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The question it answers

  1. How do I extract text from an image or a scanned PDF?

Read with it

  1. Apple's steps to copy, translate or look up text the iPhone camera sees. support.apple.com Article Use Live Text with your iPhone camera Apple Support
  2. How to copy, translate or look up text in an image opened in Preview. support.apple.com Article Interact with text in a photo using Live Text in Preview on Mac Apple Support
  3. Google's visual search, including copying or translating text from a photo or screenshot. search.google Tool Google Lens Google
  4. Open with Google Docs turns a scan or photo into text: files of 2 MB or less, text at least 10 pixels high, and a long list of... support.google.com Article Convert PDF and photo files to text Google Drive Help
  5. Adobe's free online OCR that turns a scanned PDF into a searchable one; you sign in to download. Your file is handled on... adobe.com Tool Free OCR for PDF Adobe
  6. A free, open-source command-line tool that adds a searchable text layer to scanned PDFs on your own computer. ocrmypdf.readthedocs.io Tool OCRmyPDF OCRmyPDF (open source)
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