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by rammer 591 days ago
Anyone know of good windows alternatives for this?
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Windows 11 native screenshot tool does OCR for me.

You can also get it free with PowerToys from Microsoft and press WIN+SHIFT+T.

> Windows 11 native screenshot tool does OCR for me.

The win+shift+s command / snip & sketch tool? It doesn't appear to have any OCR option before or after capturing

After taking a screenshot with Win+Shift+S, it displays a notification with the preview of the image for me, on the lower right corner of the screen.

When I click that preview, it opens the "Snipping Tool":

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-snipping-too...

In this tool there's a button that does OCR: https://i.imgur.com/GtYUvSS.png

There's also Power Tools, which is another free option, also from Microsoft.

I hope it helps. Let me know if it worked for you or not.

The screenshot and the OCR are two different commands and keybinds. Check Powertoys.
https://screenotate.com/ is one windows example
Snipping Tool
dpScreenOCR