Microsoft Win11/10 free tool set PowerToys will support OCR screenshots to recognize text

CTOnews.com, August 17 (Xinhua)-- Microsoft's free system utility suite called PowerToys has been revived from the Windows XP era and introduced Windows 10 in May 2019. Can be used for advanced users to adjust and simplify Windows operations to improve efficiency. Used in conjunction with Windows 10/Windows 11 shell while allowing users to customize individual workflows.

According to the PR in PowerToys's GitHub repository, the new feature, called PowerOCR, supports copying text from a screenshot of a rectangular area, clicking on words, and right-clicking on image file recognition.

So far, PowerOCR is still in its early stages and is expected to take some time to launch. You can see how to use this feature from the following motion picture:

CTOnews.com learned that PowerToys will also support measuring screen pixel sizes, with four measurement modes: rectangular area, crosshairs, vertical distance, and horizontal distance. Users can also use the Win + Shift + M shortcut key.

PowerToys is currently available in version 0.61.1, which includes a number of bug fixes in the areas of always-on, FancyZones and PowerToys Run.

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