- Windows 11 is lighting the repurchase tool in the tests at this time
- A new feature allows you to copy the entire text of an image immediately.
- There is no need to take a screenshot first, as was the case before, so this is a good time savings
Microsoft makes it even easier for Windows 11 users to extract text text (or any content) on the screen.
Windows 11 already has this OCR capacity (optical characters recognition), as you will know, but at this time, it is necessary to take a screenshot first with the cut tool before being able to extract text from that image.
With a new update for the cut tool that has just been launched (which was previously leaked), it does not need to take a screenshot to perform the text extraction longer, even if it is taken into account that this is still in the tests at this point (so it can still be unstable).
As Neowin reports, with Preview version 11.2503.27.0 of the cut tool, you can simply press the Windows + Shift + S Keys together, and this will appear the capture bar for the tool.
However, instead of having to create a SNIP (screen capture), the option ‘Text extractor’ will be there in the bar, so you can click that, without the need to save a screenshot first.
Analysis: Power (toys) for people
Essentially, this is directly integrating the ability to extract image text (or any screen content) in Windows 11, without the need for additional steps, reflecting the functionality present in the Microsoft Powertoys tools set (for Windows Advanced Users), and will definitely be appreciated by people who use this capacity.
Obviously, it is less a discomfort than having to clear the obstacle of taking a screenshot, if everything you are interested in doing is copying all the text that is currently visible on your monitor.
I say all The text, but that is only what happens if you use the option ‘Copy the entire text’ provided. If you only want a specific text portion, you can manually select and extract only those words (it is also possible to eliminate line breaks if you wish).
Microsoft is slowly expanding the OCR powers of Windows 11, and can remember that at the end of last year, the photos application obtained the recognition of incorporated optical characters to extract the text from the images directly within the application.
