OCR stands for optical character recognition. Sometimes you’ll have text you want to copy, but can’t directly copy, like hard subbed videos (subtitles burnt into the video itself):
Or text in a video game, etc. OCR is a program that lets you select the text, the program scans the text, and then copies the text to your clipboard, so you can then look it up more easily.
The main way on Windows is to use the built-in OCR function. Ensrue your version of Windows 11 has all the latest updates installed, and then use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + Shift + T. Select the area of your screen you want to perform OCR on, and Windows will let you copy the text.
Another way, if you prefer more customizability is to use OneShotOCR which lets you select specific OCR engines and adjust the keyboard shortcut you use.
ShareX is, which is a program for screenshots, video recording, audio recording, and OCR, is a third option, but the above options are much more powerful. See the official ShareX Guide for more info.
Download and use Text Sniper.
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