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wylbur37
I'm looking for a freeware program that reads an image file (e.g.,
*.JPG) containing a print-screen (screen-capture) and writes all the
recognizable text to separate file (or does the screen capture itself
and writes the text directly to a file without having to create an
image file first).
Essentially, it would behave like an OCR program.
There have been times when I wanted to save the text of a pop-up
information window so I could post it for discussion, but had to
settle for doing a print-screen and then manually transcribing the
text. (In situations like this, there isn't the option of clicking and
dragging to select and copy text).
There have been other times when a list of detail lines are displayed
and I want to save them for reference but, again, there isn't the
option of clicking and dragging to select and copy text.
One example of this is when the list of Temporary Internet Files are
viewed from "My Computer", it shows the date/time that each item was
cached and also the URL where it supposedly came from. I'd like to be
able to delete the cached files (which occupy lots of space) but to
keep the listing (essentially a detailed history) for future
reference. But in this situation, there isn't the option of clicking
and dragging to select and copy text.
Another example is with RegSeeker, which also displays details about
cached items, but there is no option in RegSeeker to save the
information to a text file.
Does anyone know how to select and copy text of detail lines when viewing
Temporary Internet Files from "My Computer",
or knows of a freeware program that would "read" the text in a
screen-capture file and write recognizable text to an output file?
*.JPG) containing a print-screen (screen-capture) and writes all the
recognizable text to separate file (or does the screen capture itself
and writes the text directly to a file without having to create an
image file first).
Essentially, it would behave like an OCR program.
There have been times when I wanted to save the text of a pop-up
information window so I could post it for discussion, but had to
settle for doing a print-screen and then manually transcribing the
text. (In situations like this, there isn't the option of clicking and
dragging to select and copy text).
There have been other times when a list of detail lines are displayed
and I want to save them for reference but, again, there isn't the
option of clicking and dragging to select and copy text.
One example of this is when the list of Temporary Internet Files are
viewed from "My Computer", it shows the date/time that each item was
cached and also the URL where it supposedly came from. I'd like to be
able to delete the cached files (which occupy lots of space) but to
keep the listing (essentially a detailed history) for future
reference. But in this situation, there isn't the option of clicking
and dragging to select and copy text.
Another example is with RegSeeker, which also displays details about
cached items, but there is no option in RegSeeker to save the
information to a text file.
Does anyone know how to select and copy text of detail lines when viewing
Temporary Internet Files from "My Computer",
or knows of a freeware program that would "read" the text in a
screen-capture file and write recognizable text to an output file?