Thanks a more recent update to the PowerToys GitHub repository, Microsoft discusses the upcoming OCR “toy” that will give users the ability to copy text from any part of the screen, including images. Thanks PowerToy Run ships with a new Plugin letting you search in past query results. Thanks New utility: Text Extractor works like Snipping Tool, but copies the text out of the selected region using OCR and puts it on the clipboard. New utility: Quick Accent is an easy way to write letters with accents.

“New utility: Screen Ruler is a quick and easy way to measure pixels on your screen.

Here are the new features from the GitHub post:

Finally, the Quick Access allows easy access to letters with accents. As for the Text Extractor, it is similar to the Microsoft Snipping Tool, but pulls text instead of an image. By using the Screen Ruler, users can measure the pixels across a screen. Version 0.62.0 is one of the most complete updates for Microsoft PowerToys yet. It is definitely worth checking out as there are plenty of interesting tools in the service. Many users are still sleeping on PowerToys, which remains an under-the-radar suite in the Windows ecosystem. The core difference was that the suite is now open source.

Furthermore, this new update brings a plugin that allows searches across a past query.īack in May 2019, Microsoft rebooted its PowerToys, a modern version of the suite of tools that appeared on Windows 95. For this release, Microsoft is adding a text extractor, screen ruler, and a quick accent tool. Microsoft PowerToys is getting a massive new update, taking the suite up to version 0.62.0.

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