Optical Character Recognition, or OCR for short, is a pretty nifty feature. Thanks to OCR, you can copy and turn whatever you see in an image on your PC into a piece of editable text. It could be a scan of receipt, something from an instructional video on YouTube, or something from a simple PDF file. Windows 10 is one of the most popular operating systems, though, so you might be questioning if Windows 10 has OCR software. Answering that question, we have to say that no, it does not habe any built-in OCT software. You’ll have to download an application from the Microsoft Store that have OCR features, like TextGrab.
It is important to understand that even though Windows doesn’t have OCR Software built in, it does have an OCR API. What this means is that under the hood, Windows can allow an app to use OCR features. It is up to an app developer to enable their app to support it. That’s why JoeFinApps designed Text Grab, to fully leverage the Windows 10 and Windows 11 OCR API. The app does it in the simplest of ways.
TextGrab costs $10, but it has no ads. It doesn’t have to run all the time in the background, and can work offline without internet connectivity. It has three modes of operation, too. In one mode, you can select a fullscreen capture, and click anywhere to copy text from an image to your Windows clipboard. In another mode, you can use the app in a floating window, and capture text within the bounds of the Window. You also can enjoy the Edit Text Window, which lets you edit the text you might have copied, similar to Notepad. Check out a short demo in the video below.
If you want to try Text Grab today, you can download it from the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 and Windows 11 by clicking the link at the bottom of this page. The app is ad-free and works seamlessly just like it might be part of Windows 10. No need to use Command Prompt, or go through any sophisticated setup!
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