Screen OCR - Free Area Text Extractor

Extract text from YouTube videos, images, and web pages. 1-click free area OCR with auto-copy, subtitle unwrap & history.

Screen OCR - Free Area Text Extractor is a fast, lightweight browser tool designed to capture and copy text from any area of your screen with zero hassle. Whether you are watching a coding tutorial or presentation on YouTube, reading infographics, viewing social media graphics, or inspecting images, Screen OCR lets you select an area and extract readable text instantly. ⚡ KEY FEATURES (100% FREE & UNLIMITED): ✂️ 1-Click Instant Area Capture Click the extension icon in your Chrome toolbar or press Alt + Shift + S to immediately freeze the screen and bring up precision selection crosshairs. 📺 Full Video & YouTube Compatibility Extract code blocks, slide bullet points, titles, and subtitles directly from video frames (including YouTube standard and fullscreen modes). The video automatically pauses while you select so frames never drift or flicker, and resumes seamlessly when done. 🖼️ Image & Graphic OCR Extracts text trapped inside images, diagrams, memes, PDFs, Canva graphics, and canvas elements where normal highlighting is disabled. 📋 Automatic Clipboard Copy Text is automatically copied to your clipboard the second you release the mouse, ready to paste straight into your IDE, notes, or chat. ¶ Subtitle & Paragraph Merge 1-click button cleans up choppy video subtitles and broken line breaks into smooth, continuous sentences. </> Clean Code Tool Converts curly smart quotes into standard programming quotes and cleans up formatting artifacts. 🌐 One-Click Translation Open Google Translate with your extracted text pre-loaded with a single click. 🌍 Automatic Multilingual Recognition Engineered to automatically detect and extract English, Hindi, and international scripts without fiddling with complex dropdown settings. 🕒 Snippet History Drawer Saves your last 25 text captures locally in your browser so you never lose past snippets or code snippets. 💾 Save as .TXT Download your extracted text as a clean text file on your computer with one click. 🔊 Smart Read Aloud & Search Listen to extracted text with native speech synthesis or run an instant Google search. 🛡️ Privacy-First & Lightweight No account required, no background tracking, and no invasive permissions. Works quietly and swiftly. --- Created with care by Pardeep Kumar and ToolNPlay (https://toolnplay.com).