Screen Text Extractor

Select any screen area and extract text instantly using OCR

Screen Text Extractor lets you capture and digitize text from any visible area on a webpage — instantly, privately, and without leaving the browser. ✨ KEY FEATURES • Area Selection — Click "Select Area" or press Alt+Shift+E, then drag to highlight any region • Powerful OCR — Tesseract.js processes your text locally; no cloud API needed • Auto Upscaling — Small text is automatically enlarged before processing for higher accuracy • Image Enhancement — Automatic contrast and brightness adjustment for difficult text • Copy & Download — Copy result to clipboard or save as a .txt file 📋 EXTRACTION HISTORY • Every extraction is saved automatically to local browser storage • Search past extractions by content or date (today, yesterday, week, month) • Pin important extractions to keep them at the top • Delete individual items or clear all at once • Export your full history as a JSON backup file • Configure auto-delete rules and maximum history size 🎯 PERFECT FOR - Text in images, screenshots, and infographics - Paused video frames - PDFs and e-books displayed in the browser - Quotes, citations, and product descriptions - Digitizing handwritten notes from photos 🔒 100% PRIVATE All processing happens inside your browser. Nothing is sent to any server. No accounts, no tracking, no analytics — your data stays on your device. Works completely offline. No installation of extra software required.