Microsoft has a new feature that allows you to copy and paste text from your Android phone’s images, straight from the Phone Link desktop app in Windows. Here’s how to use it.

Why it matters: Windows 11's Snipping Tool already allows you to copy text from images, offering functionality similar to Apple's Live Text – but Microsoft's implementation involves a few more ...

If you want to extract Text from Images with Snipping Tool, start by clicking the Win + Shift + S keyboard shortcut and then take these steps.

Extracting text from an image is then as simple as right-clicking on it, then choosing Copy Text from Picture.

The tool is accessible through the Windows 11 capture bar, which already has surprisingly powerful options such as video recording and screen region capture.

Microsoft is experimenting with a new feature for Windows 11 that allows clipboard synchronization between PCs and Android ...

ChromeOS just copied one of Windows 11’s best features The ChromeOS 128 update adds snap layouts for apps, OCR text extraction from images, and improves camera and mic controls.

It allows users to copy or search the text in images, more easily convert images into searchable PDFs, and have the built-in ChromeOS screen reader speak image-based text.