Text Extractor EN

Text Extractor helps you capture text from websites and images quickly, then review, clean, copy, and export it in a simple local workflow. The extension is built around practical text extraction without relying on a remote recognition service for the captured content itself. It supports three main ways to collect text. You can activate an element picker and use Ctrl+click on a paragraph, heading, or section to grab its visible text. You can also right-click an element on a regular HTTP or HTTPS page and use the “Copy element text” command from the context menu. For text that appears inside images, screenshots, banners, scanned content, or graphics on a page, you can capture the visible page, open a separate workspace, draw a selection around the area you need, and run local OCR to recognize the words.

The extension is designed to stay focused and easy to use. Its popup presents the main actions clearly, including options for page text capture and image-based text extraction. When the picker is enabled, an on-page outline highlights the current target so you can see exactly what will be captured, while a small instruction bar explains that normal clicks still behave normally and that Ctrl+click performs the extraction. If a selected element does not contain visible text, the extension lets you know and prompts you to try a different paragraph, heading, or section. For image text, the OCR workspace keeps your task available in a separate area where you can drag a rectangle over the relevant words and generate a recognized result with a confidence value.

Text Extractor also works as a temporary draft space for the current browser session. After capture, the latest result is stored as a draft so you can review it, refine it, and reuse it without repeating the extraction step right away. You can clean extra spaces, optionally include the source page title and URL, copy the result directly to the clipboard, or export it as a plain .txt file. The package also indicates support for OCR language selection, with English bundled and additional language data available for download when chosen. User guidance and safeguards such as overlays, notifications, validation, and limits help make the workflow clear and reliable on supported pages.

Key Features:
- Capture text in multiple ways with Ctrl+click element picking, right-click context menu extraction, and screenshot-based OCR.
- Use local OCR in a dedicated workspace to recognize text from images on the visible page.
- Keep the latest extracted result as a session draft for quick review, reuse, and refinement.
- Clean extra spaces and optionally include the source page title and URL in copied or exported output.
- Copy extracted text directly to the clipboard or export it as a plain .txt file.
- Choose OCR languages with English bundled and additional language data available for download when selected.
- Benefit from built-in guidance such as visual overlays, prompts, validation, and safeguards for unsupported pages or invalid selections.

How It Works:
1. Open the extension on a regular HTTP or HTTPS website and choose whether you want to capture page text or image text.
2. For page text, enable “Pick an element” and Ctrl+click the target paragraph, heading, or section, or right-click an element and choose “Copy element text.”
3. For image text, select “Capture selection,” let the extension capture the visible page, and open the OCR workspace.
4. Drag a rectangle around the part of the image that contains the text you want to recognize.
5. Review the extracted result in the draft area or workspace, and adjust output options such as cleaning extra spaces or including the source.
6. Copy the text to your clipboard or export it as a plain text file for later use.
7. Capture new content at any time to replace the current session draft, or clear the draft when you are finished.

Privacy: - This extension is primarily local and does not upload captured text, screenshots, page titles, or source URLs. It stores only the latest draft in session storage and keeps preferences such as formatting options and selected OCR languages locally on the device. English OCR data is bundled. If you choose additional OCR languages, the extension downloads static language data from cdn.jsdelivr.net, which means the CDN receives ordinary connection data such as your IP address, but the request does not include the screenshot, recognized text, page title, or source URL.