Users can use their mouse to select a region of text in an image and it will automatically be converted into text and copied to the Windows clipboard.įinney uses Microsoft’s API to convert the text in an image, which allows developers to add optical character recognition functionality to their programs.Īs first reported by Neowin, the PowerOCR pull request (PR) shows that the utility is almost complete, with the project currently being reviewed and finalized with the help of another software developer and a Microsoft employee. He opened a ‘pull request’ on July 4th announcing the new PowerOCR program he was creating.įinney’s post explained: “This PR introduces a new PowerToy to perform OCR anywhere on screen by selecting a rectangular region, clicking a word, or right-clicking an image file and selecting PowerOCR.”Īs the tool is based on the already published Text Grab app, PowerOCR has seen rapid development with the help of other volunteer developers and Microsoft employees. The new PowerToy is being developed by Windows app/utility developer Joseph Finney. Microsoft PowerToys is getting a new utility called PowerOCR that lets you select text in an image and copy it directly to the Windows clipboard, as revealed by BleepingComputer. The new PowerToys feature delivers optical character recognition (OCR) to the desktop.
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