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Clip Solver by Suwi-inc

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Overview

This Snipping and Text Extraction is a handy utility designed to make capturing and extracting content from your screen easier. Whether you need to capture a screenshot, select a specific area of the screen, or extract text from images, this app has you covered

Installation Guide

1. Clone the github repo to your prefered directory using

git clone https://github.com/Suwi-inc/WindowsClipSolver.git

2. Navigate to the root directory of the project

cd path to repo directory/windowsclipsolver 

3. Build the application using

dotnet build

4. Run the application using

dotnet run

Main Functionalities

1. Capture Screenshot

  • Allows users to capture part or all of their screen
  • Provides a user-friendly interface for precise selection

2. Open custome Image

  • Allows users to open existing images stored on their system
  • Supports JPEG, PNG and BMP

3. Copy Image to clipboard

  • Allows users to to copy the captured or opened image to the clipboard
  • Copied image can be pasted to any other application which has pasting enabled

4. Save Image to disk

  • Allows users to save the captured screenshot to the disk
  • Supports JPEG,PNG and BMP

5. Extract Text from Image

  • Utilizes OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to extract text from images
  • Uses the fast and higly capable tesseract .net wraper for quick and precise text extraction
  • Provides accurate and reliable text extraction even from complex images
  • Currently Supports Latin and Cyrillic charecter sets and multiple fonts for text recognition
  • Displays extracted text in a readable format for easy access

6. Copy extracted text to clipboard

  • Allows users to to copy the extracted text from the image to the clipboard
  • Copied imtextage can be pasted to any other application which has pasting enabled

7. Save extracted text to textfile

  • Allows users to save the extracted text from the image into a textfile

How to Use

  1. Capture Screenshot:

    • Click on the "Capture" button.

    • Drag and resize the selection box to choose the desired area.

    • Confirm the selection to capture the chosen area by releasing the mouse button.

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  2. Open Image:

    • Click on the "Open" button.

    • Navigate to the location of the image on your system.

    • Select the image file and click "Open" to load it into the app.

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  3. Extract Text from Image:

    • Open the desired image containing text.

    • Click on the "Extract Text" button.

    • Wait for the app to process the image and display the extracted text.

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  4. Copy Image to clipboard:

    • Take a screenshot
    • Click on the 'Copy Image' buttom
    • Image is now copied to the clipboard
  5. Save Image to disk:

    • Take a screenshot
    • Click on the 'Save Image' buttom
    • Enter a name for the image and click save
  6. Copy Text to clipboard:

    • Take a screenshot
    • Click on the 'Text' window to extract the text from the image
    • Click on the 'Copy Text' buttom
    • Text is now copied to the clipboard
  7. Save Text to disk:

    • Take a screenshot
    • Click on the 'Text' window to extract the text from the image
    • Click on the 'Save Text' buttom
    • Enter a name for the text file and click save

System Requirements

  • Compatible with Windows operating systems (Windows 7 and above).
  • Requires .net 6 or higher.
  • Minimum of 150 MB of free disk storage.
  • Minimum RAM requirements to run the Windows 7 Operating system.

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If you encounter any bugs or have any sugetions you can reach out to me at:

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