Capturing small text with Text Extract does not work

[maisondasilva]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.68.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

TextExtractor

Steps to reproduce

Capturing small text with Text Extract does not work
I notice that if I try to capture just the error code, sometimes it just doesn't capture it, I don't know if it's an expected behavior!

PowerToysReport_2023-04-03-11-29-00.zip

✔️ Expected Behavior

Capturing small text with Text Extract

❌ Actual Behavior

Capturing small text with Text Extract does not work
I notice that if I try to capture just the error code, sometimes it just doesn't capture it, I don't know if it's an expected behavior!

Other Software

No response

[stefansjfw]

This looks like a limitation of OCR to me. @TheJoeFin wdyt?

[TheJoeFin]

This could be a limitation of the OCR Engine, but maybe in a way we could do something about.

1. If the selection region is too small the OCR Engine fails to recognize anything. But adding padding around the small selection region can improve the chances of getting a result
2. If the source text is too small, there is nothing that can be done, padding will not help in this scenario.

I'd suggest we close this issue as a duplicate.

/dup #20426

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

[maisondasilva]

This could be a limitation of the OCR Engine, but maybe in a way we could do something about.

1. If the selection region is too small the OCR Engine fails to recognize anything. But adding padding around the small selection region can improve the chances of getting a result
2. If the source text is too small, there is nothing that can be done, padding will not help in this scenario.

I'd suggest we close this issue as a duplicate.

/dup #20426

Thank you, I was doing it this way to succeed!

[TheJoeFin]

@maisondasilva thank you for the issue, it's always helpful to know how people are using tools and where the experience isn't meeting their expectations.