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It would be incredibly useful if Flameshot included built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) functionality to extract text directly from screenshots. This would improve workflows where users often take screenshots of text (e.g. error messages, logs, terminal output) and need to copy or reuse that text.
Proposed Feature
Add an option (e.g., in the context menu or toolbar) to "Extract Text from Screenshot"
Use Tesseract or another open-source OCR engine under the hood
Output the text to clipboard or a popup preview
Benefits
Streamlines workflows by removing the need for external OCR tools
Improves accessibility and productivity
Keeps Flameshot competitive with tools like ShareX (Windows) or TextSniper (macOS)
Alternatives
Right now, users need to manually use OCR tools like Tesseract or online services after taking a screenshot, which adds extra steps.
Additional Context
This feature could be optional or a plugin, so users who don't need it can keep Flameshot lightweight.
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Summary
It would be incredibly useful if Flameshot included built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) functionality to extract text directly from screenshots. This would improve workflows where users often take screenshots of text (e.g. error messages, logs, terminal output) and need to copy or reuse that text.
Proposed Feature
Benefits
Alternatives
Right now, users need to manually use OCR tools like Tesseract or online services after taking a screenshot, which adds extra steps.
Additional Context
This feature could be optional or a plugin, so users who don't need it can keep Flameshot lightweight.
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