Background

Joseph Finney’s text grabbing tool has been getting a bit of ink lately.

Let us take it for a quick drive.

Text-Grab

What is in a name?

Joe Finney’s is available as a standalone tool.

And also packaged inside other tools.

Depending on how the tool is packaged, it is a named a bit different.

 

Installation

Artifacts

1. GitHub
   • TheJoeFin
     • Text-Grab
       Link
   • Microsoft
     • PowerToys
       • Text Extractor
         Link

Installation Choice

In an earlier iteration, I downloaded and performed an install of Text-Grab via Joseph Finney’s GitHub Repository.

In this post, will perform an installation via installing Microsoft’s PowerToys.

 

Artifacts Files

I downloaded Microsoft’s PowerToys.

The current release is 0.62.

The installer is available via:-

Microsoft/PowerToys/Release v0.62.0
Link

 

Availed Files

Images

Explanation

1. CPU – Target
   • arm ( 64-bit )
   • amd/intel ( 64-bit )
2. No 32-bit offering
3. I am on an Intel/AMD CPU and so opted for PowerToysSetup-0.62.0-x64.exe

Installation

Steps

1. The only actual decision one has to make when installing PowerToys is to choose ones’ targeted drive

Images

Image – Welcome

Image – Setup Options

 

Image – Installation Setup Progress – 01

Image – Installation Setup Progress – 02

Image – Installation Setup Progress – 03

Image – Installation Setup Progress – 04

 

Image – Installation Successfully Completed

Tutorial

Once installed, PowerToys’s Text Extractor is availed via a hotkey.

The hotkey is Windows-Shift-T.

Image

Usage

Instruction

1. Image
   • Identify an Image
   • Using the tool’s shortcut, capture the Image
2. Text Editor
   • Launch a text editor
   • Paste the translated text

Experience

Scenario – 01

Canva.Com – Meat Rear Or Nothing

Link

https://www.canva.com/features/add-text-to-photo/

Link

Image

Text

Explanation

1. Our image has the following text
   • Medium Text
   • Or Nothing
2. Our tool captured the following
   • Nothin

Evaluation

1. Based on a sample of use cases we found that the tool did not fully capture the text within our sample images

 

Cleanup

Configuration

Auto-Startup

Outline

1. Please launch PowerToys
   • Access PowerToys Settings
   • Access the General Tab
   • Toggle the “Run at Startup” button

Images

Image – Configuration – General – Original

Image – Configuration – General – Revised