SnapScribe — Text from Image

Extract text from any image or screen area using OCR. Select a region and copy the text to your clipboard instantly.

SnapScribe — Text from Image lets you extract text from any image, screenshot, photo, chart, or on-screen area in seconds — no cloud, no account, no internet required after first use. ★ HOW IT WORKS 1. Click the SnapScribe icon in Chrome's toolbar 2. Click "Select Area" in the popup 3. Draw a rectangle around the text you need 4. OCR runs instantly — text is copied to your clipboard 5. A result panel shows the extracted text, ready to paste anywhere ★ KEY FEATURES • Fully local OCR powered by Tesseract.js (open-source, no server calls) • Works on any webpage — articles, PDFs, web apps, social media, code screenshots • Supports 100+ languages: English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and more • Language data downloaded once and cached — works offline after first use • Clean dark-themed result panel that doesn't interfere with the page • Extraction history — review and re-copy recent results from the popup • No API key, no account, no data leaves your browser ★ PRIVACY All processing happens entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. No images or text are ever sent to any server. No analytics. No tracking. ★ PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED • activeTab — capture a screenshot of the current tab when you click the button • scripting — inject the selection overlay into the page • offscreen — run the OCR engine in an isolated background document • storage — remember your language preference and extraction history • clipboardWrite — copy extracted text to your clipboard