SnipText — OCR for any image or webpage

What it does

SnipText turns your browser into a fast, private OCR tool. Just click, drag a box around any text on any webpage or image, and copy the result — in seconds. Unlike most OCR extensions, SnipText runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. Your screenshots never get uploaded to a server. There's no account, no signup, and no paywall.

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