Draw a selection on any webpage and instantly copy the text using on-device OCR. 100% offline, 100% private.
Users
86
+23 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#89K
#75K among extensions
Version
1.0.1
updated 6 Apr 2026
Users
monthly, 7 months
Latest, 19 Oct 2026:86 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 7 months
Latest, 19 Oct 2026:0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About TextSnap
TextSnap β Screenshot to Text, Instantly.
Draw a box. Get the text. That's it.
TextSnap is the fastest way to copy text from anything on your screen. Just click the icon, drag a rectangle over any text β in a video, PDF, image, or locked webpage β and it appears instantly in an editable panel, ready to copy.
π 100% Offline & Private
β All OCR runs inside your browser using Tesseract.js
β No screenshots ever leave your device
β No account, no API key, no subscription β forever free
π― One Click, Any Text
β Works on any Chrome tab β streaming sites, PDFs, paywalled pages
β Draw, extract, copy in under 3 seconds
β Re-capture instantly without closing the panel
β Edit extracted text before copying
π Built-in History
β Every extraction saved locally β never lose your work
β Right-click the icon to browse your full history
β Remove individual items or clear all with one tap
π Multilingual
β UI available in 13 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Turkish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Korean, Russian
β Recognizes text in 100+ languages automatically
β¨ Material Design 3 UI
β Clean, draggable floating panel
β Smooth animations, accessible keyboard navigation
β Looks great on any webpage at any zoom level
π Perfect for:
β’ Students β grab text from lecture slides and locked PDFs
β’ Developers β copy code from screenshots
β’ Researchers β pull quotes from images and scanned pages
β’ Professionals β digitize invoices, business cards, printed reports
β’ Content creators β extract text from video thumbnails and mockups
β FAQ
Q: Does it work offline?
A: Yes β fully. Processing happens entirely inside Chrome. No internet needed after installation.
Q: What languages can it recognize?
A: 100+ including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, and more.
Q: Is my data private?
A: Completely. History is stored only in your local browser (chrome.storage.local). Nothing is ever sent to any server.
Q: Does it work on all websites?
A: Yes β any Chrome tab, including paywalled, video, and document sites.
Q: Is it free?
A: 100% free. No ads, no tracking, no limits.
π Install TextSnap and never retype a screenshot again.