From: allanh@vivaldi.net   
      
   On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 07:46:35 -0600, Allan Higdon  wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 07:18:16 -0600, John C.  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 25/12/19 03:32 AM, Allan Higdon wrote:   
   >>> "This is a minimal optical character recognition (OCR) utility for   
   >>> Windows 10/11 which makes all visible text available to be copied.   
   >>>   
   >>> Too often text is trapped within images, videos, or within parts of   
   >>> applications and cannot be selected. Text Grab takes a screenshot,   
   >>> passes that image to the OCR engine, then puts the text into the   
   >>> clipboard for use anywhere. The OCR is done locally by Windows API   
   >>> ( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/Windows.Media.Ocr ). This   
   >>> enables Text Grab to have essentially no UI and not require a constantly   
   >>> running background process. Working with text can be much more than just   
   >>> copying text from images, so Text Grab has a range of different modes to   
   >>> make working with text fast and easy."   
   >>>   
   >>> Portable - Standalone File   
   >>>   
   >>> Home Page   
   >>> https://github.com/TheJoeFin/Text-Grab   
   >>>   
   >>> Release Notes   
   >>> https://github.com/TheJoeFin/Text-Grab/releases/latest   
   >>>   
   >>> Portable Download   
   >>> https://github.com/TheJoeFin/Text-Grab/releases/download/v4.11.2/Text-   
   >>> Grab-x64-Self-Contained-2025-12-18.zip   
   >>   
   >> Trialware?   
   >>   
   >> https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mznkqj7sl0b?hl=en-US&gl=US   
   >>   
   >> $9.99   
   >>   
   >   
   > "Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy   
   > of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal   
   > in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights   
   > to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell   
   > copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is   
   > furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:   
   >   
   > The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in   
   all   
   > copies or substantial portions of the Software."   
   >   
   > https://github.com/TheJoeFin/Text-Grab?tab=MIT-1-ov-file   
   >   
      
   I thought that you could let us know how well the program worked for you since   
   I previously posted it Sep. 30.   
   https://newsgrouper.org/alt.comp.freeware/search/1759227140   
      
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