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ocr text actions
About this tag
The OCR text actions tag covers discussions about the optical character recognition and text extraction features built into Windows Snipping Tool. Recent threads highlight how Snipping Tool has evolved beyond basic screenshots to include a richer OCR/Text Actions toolset that can extract tables, redact sensitive text, and more. Users explore practical uses for these text actions in everyday workflows, such as copying text from images or scanned documents. The tag focuses on the functionality, updates, and tips related to OCR text actions within Microsoft's screenshot utility, reflecting its quiet transformation into a visual productivity suite.
Snipping Tool’s quiet evolution from a one‑trick screenshot utility into a compact visual productivity suite has produced some surprises: a built‑in GIF exporter, a color pPicker that reports HEX/RGB/HSL values, a Bing‑powered Visual Search pathway (with Copilot hooks), and a richer OCR/Text...