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Best Productivity ResourcesBy Shushant LakhyaniVerified creator

Windows App

Text Grab

A Windows tool that copies text from anything on your screen with OCR.

Visit Text Grab4.6

  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Windows, Offline

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What is Text Grab?

Text Grab is a free, open-source Windows app that lets you grab text from any part of your screen, even from images, videos and locked PDFs. Draw a box, and the words land on your clipboard ready to paste, all processed locally on your PC, so you stop retyping text by hand.

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Pros: what Text Grab does well

  • Copies text from images in a second
  • Works offline on your PC
  • Free and open source

Cons: where it falls short

  • Windows only
  • Accuracy drops on messy handwriting

Who Text Grab is for

Windows users who often retype text from screenshots or images.

Who can skip it

Anyone who rarely copies text from images.

Text Grab alternatives

Not sold on Text Grab? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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NormCap

Shares ocr and screen capture with Text Grab. A desktop app, not a Windows app. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.5 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.5Visit

NoSignups

Focus: no signup, browser tools and privacy. Shares open source with Text Grab. A website, not a Windows app. Adds Web. Rated 4.5 (Text Grab: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit

vphone-ws

Focus: ios, virtual machine and macos. Shares open source with Text Grab. A Mac app, not a Windows app. Adds macOS. Rated 4.3 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.3Visit

fzf

Focus: fuzzy finder, command line and shell. Shares open source and github with Text Grab. A desktop app, not a Windows app. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.8 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.8Visit

lazygit

Focus: git client, terminal ui and developer tool. Shares open source and github with Text Grab. A desktop app, not a Windows app. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.8 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.8Visit

ripgrep

Focus: search tool, command line and developer tool. Shares open source and github with Text Grab. A desktop app, not a Windows app. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.8 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.8Visit

Free alternatives to Text Grab

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Atuin

Focus: shell history, terminal and command line. Shares open source and github with Text Grab. A desktop app, not a Windows app. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

bat

Focus: file viewer, command line and developer tool. Shares open source and github with Text Grab. A desktop app, not a Windows app. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.7Visit

BentoPDF

Focus: pdf tools, merge pdf and privacy. Shares open source and github with Text Grab. A web app, not a Windows app. Adds Web. Rated 4.7 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Karabiner-Elements

Focus: keyboard remapping, shortcuts and hyper key. Shares open source and github with Text Grab. A Mac app, not a Windows app. Adds macOS. Rated 4.7 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit

scrcpy

Focus: android, screen mirroring and phone control. Shares open source and github with Text Grab. A desktop app, not a Windows app. Adds macOS, Linux and Android. Rated 4.7 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.7Visit

Starship

Focus: shell prompt, terminal and developer tool. Shares open source and github with Text Grab. A desktop app, not a Windows app. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Text Grab: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.7Visit
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