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This is the final release. QuickOCR has reached end of life.
The Windows Snipping Tool can now copy text straight out of a screenshot (its Text actions
button, on Windows 11), which covers most of what QuickOCR does. I finished this release to
finish the project. QuickOCR still works and stays available here, but no further updates or
support are planned.
A new look
- New icon. Viewfinder brackets around lines of text, sharp at every size from the taskbar
to the desktop. It replaces the old image. - Redesigned window. On Windows 11 it has rounded corners and a border like a native
window. The title bar shows the icon and version, and the Capture text button changes
on hover and while it reads. - Clearer language picker. It shows names ("English + French") instead of codes, in a
dropdown that matches the rest of the window. - Better result popup. A clear tick, or a warning when the read is unreliable. It previews
up to four lines of what was copied, with the word count and confidence. A countdown bar
shows when it will close, and it pauses while your mouse is over the popup. - The exe identifies itself. Its name, version and publisher now show in
Properties → Details and in Task Manager.
Fixes
- A separate Tesseract install could break recognition. If you had installed Tesseract
yourself, its settings overrode QuickOCR's bundled language data. English + French quietly
lost French, and French on its own read nothing at all. QuickOCR now always uses its own data. - Real errors were reported as "No text found". A missing or broken component now shows
the actual error. - The "press Esc to cancel" hint could be off-screen on some multi-monitor layouts. It now
appears on the monitor you are using. - The result popup always opened on the primary monitor. It now opens where you captured.
- Starting a new capture closes the previous popup, so it can't end up in your snip.
- Closing the app from the taskbar while minimized now saves your settings.
- Settings are saved safely. A failed save no longer wipes your previous settings.
Windows 10/11, no installation, no admin rights. Tesseract is bundled.
Full history in the changelog.