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Ask HN: Image snapper tools that also can scrape text from image
1 points by aruanavekar 1232 days ago
Anyone got recommendations/suggestions for tools taking screenshots and that can also scrape text from the screenshot
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pipiscrew 1232 days ago
ABBYY Screenshot Reader - https://pdf.abbyy.com/screenshot-reader/

Probably the first company start OCR - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBYY_FineReader

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cc101 1232 days ago
The mac will take a snapshot of the screen. Over time it will slowly scrape images and make the results available to Spotlight (mac's search tool). Depending on what you're looking for that might be enough.
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