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.

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 ...

An upcoming version of Microsoft Corp.'s Phone Link app for Windows 11 users will add the ability to select and copy text from images synced from Android phones. The feature, currently in beta testing ...

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 ...

There are many reasons why you may want to copy text out of an image. Maybe you took a picture of the menu from a special meal and want to copy the courses into a memory book. Or perhaps you're ...

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to pull the text out of an image you find online: instructions on a YouTube still, for example, or items on a printed menu, or inspirational quotes in ...

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 has added text recognition support to the latest Snipping Tool build, allowing users to select and copy text from screenshots. The new OCR (optical character recognition) support is rolling ...

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What just happened? Microsoft has started rolling out updates to the Snipping Tool and Phone Link applications in Windows 11 for Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels. The updates bring some notable ...

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