SnipGrab - Screen OCR & Text Extractor

Free OCR extension: extract, copy & translate text from any screen area, image, video, or PDF — 100% private, works offline.

Extract text from any screen area in one click — SnipGrab is a free OCR Chrome extension that captures, copies, and translates text from images, videos, PDFs, and webpages instantly. ✨ KEY FEATURES • Area Selection — Press Alt+Shift+E or click "Select Area" and drag over any screen region • Free OCR — Tesseract.js reads text locally; no cloud, no account, no cost • Auto Upscaling — Small or low-res text is enlarged before processing for better accuracy • Image Enhancement — Automatic contrast and brightness fixes for hard-to-read text • Instant Translation — Translate extracted text to any language inside the popup (Alt+Shift+T) • Multi-Area Selection — Grab text from multiple regions and combine into one result • Copy & Download — Send to clipboard or save as a .txt file 📋 EXTRACTION HISTORY • Every capture is saved automatically to local browser storage • Search past extractions by content or date • Pin important items to keep them at the top • Export your full history as a JSON backup • Set auto-delete rules and history size limits 🎯 PERFECT FOR - Copying text from images, screenshots, and infographics - Extracting text from paused video frames - Copying from PDFs and e-books in the browser - Translating foreign-language content on any page - Saving quotes, citations, and product descriptions - Digitizing handwritten notes from photos 🔒 100% PRIVATE & FREE All OCR processing happens inside your browser — nothing is sent to any server. No account required, no tracking, no analytics. Works completely offline.