Extract text from a screenshot on Windows. Grab words off the screen, on-device.
The text you need is locked inside an image, a video frame, a PDF preview or an app that won't let you select it. Retyping it is a waste of time. QuipShot lifts the text straight off the screen, on your machine, ready to paste.
What grab-text does for you
Turn any text on your screen into text you can paste, without retyping and without sending anything to the cloud.
Lift text straight off the screen, out of an image, a video, a PDF or any app, then paste it wherever you need it.
Runs entirely on your machine: nothing leaves your computer, so it works offline and on anything confidential.
Reads over a hundred languages with no setup or downloads to manage.
Highlights the words it found as it goes, so you can see exactly what it picked up.
How to grab text from the screen
- 1
Trigger grab-text
Press the grab-text hotkey, or run it on a screenshot you've already taken.
- 2
Select the area
Draw over the words you want. QuipShot highlights the text it recognises.
- 3
Copy and paste
The text lands on your clipboard, ready to paste into any document, message or field.
Why QuipShot's grab-text is different
QuipShot's grab-text is on-device, not a cloud round-trip, so it's fast and private: nothing you scan ever leaves your computer. It reads 100+ languages out of the box and works on a fresh capture or on one you took earlier, which makes it just as handy for a screenshot from yesterday as for what's on screen right now.
Get QuipShot on your Windows PC
One flat tier, every feature included, your screenshots never leave your machine. See the capture flow, the five ways to capture, and how it stacks up on the homepage, browse the changelog, or jump straight in.
- No cloud
- No telemetry
- No analytics
- No bundled browser · under 25 MB
- Windows 10 & 11
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