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Capture text from any area on screen

Draw a box around any text — on a page, a PDF, or a protected site — and get it back as editable text.

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    Click the Smart Text Capture icon in the toolbar and choose "Capture Text", or press Alt+Shift+S from any page.

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    Drag a box around the text you want. This works on ordinary pages, PDFs opened in the browser, and most protected sites.

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    Release the mouse. Smart Text Capture recognizes the text locally, with nothing uploaded, and shows the result in the OCR results panel.

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    Each successful capture counts toward the Free daily quota; a capture that fails or is cancelled does not use a credit.

Free includes 5 successful captures a day. Pro removes the daily limit.

Still stuck? Contact support and include what you were capturing and which browser you use. Do not send your licence key or a screenshot containing it — we can find your licence from your checkout email address.