2023-09-14 20:19:59
The Windows 11 Snipping Tool is gaining support for capturing text from saved images. Called “Text Actions”, the new feature is being implemented for participants in the Windows Insider program in the Canary and Dev channels. Check out all the details regarding the new feature below.
Snipping Tool now captures text from images
Screenshot demonstrating the “Text Actions” feature of the Snipping Tool in Windows 11. Source: Microsoft
Using OCR (optical character recognition) technology, the “Text Actions” feature, implemented in version 11.2308.33.0 of the Snipping Tool, allows the extraction of text from saved images by “printing” (capturing) the displayed image on the screen. Product Manager for Windows Native Apps, Dave Grochocki, it says:
We’re introducing Text Actions, which detects text in your screenshots, making it easy to copy text from any image to share with others or paste into another app.
To get started, click the Text Actions button in the toolbar to show selectable text before selecting and copying the text with the mouse.
With Snipping Tool’s new text extraction feature, you will be able to select and copy text from images. Furthermore, if the user wishes, the application’s editing features will allow them to remove confidential information that is written on an image before sharing it. There is also the option of a button on the toolbar to automatically hide emails and phone numbers.
How to use?
Currently, the new Capture Tool feature will only work if the computer is connected to an Android cell phone or tablet via the “Phone Link” application. Once done, simply select and copy the text from the saved image using the “copy all text” button or the “Ctrl + A” keyboard shortcut.
Launch and availability
The new “Text Actions” feature is only available in version 11.2308.33.0 of the Snipping Tool in the Windows 11 update made available to Windows Insider program participants. It is not known when the new feature will be made available in the stable version of the operating system.
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