Copy Text from Any Image, Video, or Webpage Instantly.

Select any area on your screen to extract text. Built with absolute privacy in mind. No external servers. 100% free.

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AreaText selecting text from a YouTube video and copying it instantly

Why AreaText is Different

Flawless DOM Extraction

Instantly captures text from complex web layouts. If the text is in the website's code, AreaText grabs it with precise character-level accuracy.

Built-in Offline OCR

Can't highlight text in an image or a paused video? The built-in Tesseract OCR engine reads it locally. No API keys or subscriptions needed.

Absolute Privacy

Your screen never leaves your device. All text extraction and image processing happen entirely offline inside your browser.

Seamless Interface

Designed to stay out of your way. Click the icon, draw a box, and the text is immediately available on your clipboard. Minimalist and fast.

Three Steps to Extract Any Text

1

Click

Pin AreaText to your browser toolbar and click the icon to activate the selection tool.

2

Select

Click and drag a box over the exact text, image, or video region you want to read.

3

Copy

The text is instantly copied to your clipboard. Use the popup card to copy formatted text.

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