Text Extractor moves blocks of text

[ronski222]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.78.0

Installation method

Microsoft Store

Running as admin

No

Area(s) with issue?

TextExtractor

Steps to reproduce

When capturing text from inside a FireFox tab, from a YouTube, SOMETIMES the lead characters are moved to the end ...

https://
/jsrailton/status/1762875069682852143
twitter.com

Note "twitter.com" was moved
I have to cut and paste it back into the right place

It seems to be affected by the size of the window I'm capturing from. If I resize it, the capture works correctly. But resizing is not on!

✔️ Expected Behavior

https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1762875069682852143

❌ Actual Behavior

https://
/jsrailton/status/1762875069682852143
twitter.com

Other Software

No response

[TheJoeFin]

This is an issue with the underlying OCR engine. You can use the Single Line Mode (or press S before selecting a region) which will move all of the OCR'd text into a single line.

[ronski222]

Not closed for me. I looked at the help for the PowerToy, and the git hub for the tool it was based on. There is no mention of this "single line mode". Could the help/documentation be updated to describe this mode and others.

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On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 2:30 PM Joseph Finney ***@***.***> wrote: This is an issue with the underlying OCR engine. You can use the Single Line Mode (or press S before selecting a region) which will move all of the OCR'd text into a single line. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#31643 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BGSLTVIYYXMXW56GZM2BAQTYWTKWZAVCNFSM6AAAAABEBA42VWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSNZXGQYDCNRWHE> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[TheJoeFin]

I will look into update the documentation. Try using this button in the Text Extractor top bar:

[ronski222]

Thanks for the tip. Finally got a chance to try it. It helps. First time I tried clicking on the button completely cleared the problem. Then I tried it 2 more times to paste here. The results were better than the result that triggered me to try, but not as good a first time that prompted this reply. It suggests to me that the selection box is very "fussy", slightly different selections, nominally all excluding excess text and graphics, generates different, "not good" results ... This also probably could/should be noted in the documentation. Include examples ... [image: image.png] "C" https%/twitter.com/sambend ett/sta tus/1765044692465389897 Button on UI https:,//twitter.com/s ambendett/status/1765044692465389897

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On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 11:47 AM Joseph Finney ***@***.***> wrote: I will look into update the documentation. Try using this button in the Text Extractor top bar: image.png (view on web) <https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/assets/7809853/3f57ece8-eb27-4b93-b938-9109fcd72928> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#31643 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BGSLTVN6OKIPSYGAW3OQPRLYWYAMRAVCNFSM6AAAAABEBA42VWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSNZZGMYTIOBUGY> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[TheJoeFin]

I cannot see the images because you replied via email, but yes the underlying OCR engine is very fussy and can change the output when on repeated selections. Since this system is owned by the Windows team it is out of PowerToys Scope to fix it.

[ronski222]

Doesn't the Windows team see these problem logs? As I said before, it would be helpful if the documentation could be updated to reflect that "fussiness" so people know what action they can take to try to fix the problem, ie zoom in more on the text to be captured so that the selection can be done to better exclude unwanted elements ... Just saying, Since neither of us can fix the the code, the remaining fix is to improve the documentation to identify potential problems and fixes that are available to the end user. Thanks

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On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 10:53 AM Joseph Finney ***@***.***> wrote: I cannot see the images because you replied via email, but yes the underlying OCR engine is very fussy and can change the output when on repeated selections. Since this system is owned by the Windows team it is out of PowerToys Scope to fix it. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#31643 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BGSLTVNNY7WMD2QG5LCUSG3YXCLRBAVCNFSM6AAAAABEBA42VWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSOBTHE4TKNBSGQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>