Change the defaults in Options
Capture defaults, language, and image preprocessing, all in one place.
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Open the popup and choose "Options".
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"Capture Defaults" sets the cleanup mode and what happens right after a capture.
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"Language data" sets which OCR language (or languages, on Pro) captures use by default.
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"Preprocessing" controls the image scale, grayscale, and contrast applied before recognition — increase scale or contrast if captures of small or low-contrast text come out wrong.
Related guides
Choose how OCR text is cleaned up
Pick plain, paragraph, line, or code formatting so the result matches what you captured.
Choose an OCR language, or combine two
Smart Text Capture recognizes 14 languages; Pro can combine two at once for mixed-language pages.
Save per-site OCR defaults✦ Pro
Set a language, cleanup mode, and image scale once for a site, and Smart Text Capture applies it automatically next time.