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Text extractor for scrolling window. #32705

Closed MxMaster3 closed 4 weeks ago

MxMaster3 commented 5 months ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Capture all text from a scrolling window.

Scenario when this would be used?

Some programs have text that doesn't display on-screen and needs scrolling.

Supporting information

No response

crutkas commented 5 months ago

Can you provide a bit more concert example scenario when you'd use text extractor to get the info?

crutkas commented 5 months ago

/needinfo

MxMaster3 commented 5 months ago

Hi Clint,

Thanks for your reply. I was sorting my email inbox in Outlook. When I set the view to “sort by sender” and then “collapse all groups” I can see how many items each sender has sent me, indicated by the number in brackets. Unfortunately, you can’t sort the mail by the number of items per sender and when you have 1,500 different senders it’s difficult to find who’s sending me the most email. The only way is to extract the list of senders using an app like Snagit and the scrolling window capture, then using it’s OCR feature to grab the text. I then paste the text into Sublime Text and run a python script to sort the senders based on who’s sending the most. It would be nice if PowerToys could essentially do what Snagit is doing.

TheJoeFin commented 1 month ago

This would be related to this issue #3388 but add this capability to Text Extractor. As far as I know there is no way to do the long scrolling screenshot from outside of the app. @MxMaster3 Are there any apps which are able to do what you are describing? /needinfo

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