TextSnap

Draw a selection on any webpage and instantly copy the text using on-device OCR. 100% offline, 100% private.

TextSnap — Screenshot to Text, Instantly. Draw a box. Get the text. That's it. TextSnap is the fastest way to copy text from anything on your screen. Just click the icon, drag a rectangle over any text — in a video, PDF, image, or locked webpage — and it appears instantly in an editable panel, ready to copy. 🔒 100% Offline & Private → All OCR runs inside your browser using Tesseract.js → No screenshots ever leave your device → No account, no API key, no subscription — forever free 🎯 One Click, Any Text → Works on any Chrome tab — streaming sites, PDFs, paywalled pages → Draw, extract, copy in under 3 seconds → Re-capture instantly without closing the panel → Edit extracted text before copying 📋 Built-in History → Every extraction saved locally — never lose your work → Right-click the icon to browse your full history → Remove individual items or clear all with one tap 🌍 Multilingual → UI available in 13 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Turkish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Korean, Russian → Recognizes text in 100+ languages automatically ✨ Material Design 3 UI → Clean, draggable floating panel → Smooth animations, accessible keyboard navigation → Looks great on any webpage at any zoom level 🎓 Perfect for: • Students — grab text from lecture slides and locked PDFs • Developers — copy code from screenshots • Researchers — pull quotes from images and scanned pages • Professionals — digitize invoices, business cards, printed reports • Content creators — extract text from video thumbnails and mockups ❓ FAQ Q: Does it work offline? A: Yes — fully. Processing happens entirely inside Chrome. No internet needed after installation. Q: What languages can it recognize? A: 100+ including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, and more. Q: Is my data private? A: Completely. History is stored only in your local browser (chrome.storage.local). Nothing is ever sent to any server. Q: Does it work on all websites? A: Yes — any Chrome tab, including paywalled, video, and document sites. Q: Is it free? A: 100% free. No ads, no tracking, no limits. 🚀 Install TextSnap and never retype a screenshot again.