Microsoft has added an OCR function (Optical Character Recognition) to the Windows Photos app, which basically means it can now recognize text in an image and instantly extract it for you. To use this ...

There are many reasons why you may want to copy text out of an image. Maybe you took a picture of the menu from a special meal and want to copy the courses into a memory book. Or perhaps you're ...

PowerOCR will perform optical character recognition (OCR) 'anywhere on screen.' I've been writing about tech, including everything from privacy and security to consumer electronics and startups, since ...

Windows Photos is getting a significant feature update with content and text recognition in photos, as well as support for motion photos taken on Google and Samsung devices. Prior to Windows 11, ...

Microsoft PowerToys will soon have a tool to extract text from images. The feature will allow users to select a rectangular region, click a word, or right-click an image. As it's currently in its ...

Microsoft PowerToys is getting a new utility called PowerOCR that lets you select text in an image and copy it directly to the Windows clipboard. The new PowerToy is being developed by Windows ...

Microsoft is testing a swathe of new Artificial Intelligence (AI) features for its next Windows 11 update, and it should make ...

Sheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge. Microsoft is testing a DALL-E-powered text-to-image ...