SnapNotes - Screenshot OCR & Study Notes

Snap any tab, extract text with OCR, translate, and organize study notes by subject. Searchable, private, offline.

SnapNotes — Snip Anything. Extract Instantly. Stop retyping non-selectable text. SnapNotes is a fast, lightweight, and 100% offline screen OCR tool built right into your browser. Snip text directly from YouTube tutorials, locked web pages, images, coding screencasts, and local PDFs with a single keyboard shortcut. Powered by a local Tesseract.js engine, your captured images and extracted text never touch an external server. Your data stays entirely in your browser. --- KEY FEATURES • Drag-Select OCR: Press Alt + Shift + S to box any area of your screen and extract text instantly. • Live Drag Mode: Snip directly over web pages without leaving your current view. • Smart PDF Fallback: Automatically switches to an integrated panel mode when reading local PDFs or restricted internal Chrome tabs. • Universal Capture: Accurately reads text from web pages, videos, slide decks, diagrams, code blocks, and images. --- INSTANT TEXT ACTIONS • One-Click Copy: Copies extracted text straight to your clipboard. • Instant Translate: Opens Google Translate with your extracted text pre-filled. • Smart Format: Cleans and arranges messy key-value pairs (invoices, forms, exam slips) into neat Label : Value lines automatically. --- SMART NOTE ORGANIZATION & SEARCH • Auto-Tagging: Detects the topic of your snippet and tags it into subjects • Custom Subjects: Create your own tailored tags to suit your specific workflow. • Clean Local Saves: Downloads PNG captures and text indices automatically organized by subject folders (Downloads/SnapNotes/Subject/). • Full-Text Search: Search any keyword across all past snippets from the extension library. • Card Previews & File Actions: Expand notes to read full text, jump directly to the local file on disk, or delete them in one click. --- PRIVACY-FIRST ARCHITECTURE • 100% On-Device: Runs Tesseract.js locally inside your browser. No cloud dependencies, no external APIs. • Zero Tracking: No telemetry, no analytics, and no accounts required. • Offline Ready: Works completely without an active internet connection once installed. --- HOW TO USE 1. Click the extension icon or press Alt + Shift + S. 2. Drag a box over any text on your screen. 3. Copy, translate, format, or save your snippet directly into your local library.