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WindowTextExtractorText Grab
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

 Free

Free on GitHub under the MIT licence. The Microsoft Store listing is a paid way to support…

Windows Windows
  • Copies text from dialogs and controls that cannot normally be selected
  • Shows window, process and environment variable details
  • All OCR runs on the device, with no internet connection and nothing uploaded
  • Several capture modes plus post-grab cleanup and spreadsheet-style editing
  • Windows only
  • Password reveal should only be used on your own systems and accounts
  • Windows 10 or later only, because it uses the Windows OCR API
  • Higher-accuracy AI recognition needs Windows 11 on a Copilot+ PC and the Store install
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: MIT
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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