Text From Image Extractor

About

Text From Image Extractor lets you drag a selection box over any webpage and instantly copy clean, merged text to your clipboard. It combines visible DOM text with OCR output from images inside the selection and produces a single, deduplicated text block—no manual retyping or cleanup required.

How it works:
• Start region capture using Alt+Shift+C or the toolbar button.
• Drag to select any visible area on the page.
• The extension screenshots the region, extracts DOM text, performs OCR on images, merges and deduplicates the results, and copies the final text to your clipboard.
• A status toast confirms capture and shows a character count.

Key features:
• Fast region capture via hotkey (Alt+Shift+C) or toolbar button.
• Merged DOM + OCR extraction for accurate results across UI text, images, and rendered PDFs.
• Clean, deduplicated text output.
• Account system with Google/email sign-in, free trial, and Stripe-based subscription management.
• Popup UI for account status, billing management, upgrades, refresh, and sign-out.
• Status indicators for successful extraction.

Who it’s for:
Researchers, writers, QA/ops teams, and anyone who frequently copies text from mixed-content sources—web apps, dashboards, screenshots, UI components, or PDFs rendered in-page.

Permissions:
The extension requires `activeTab`, `tabs`, `scripting`, `clipboardWrite`, `contextMenus`, `storage`, `identity`, and `<all_urls>` to enable region capture, text extraction, OCR requests, and clipboard operations.

Limitations:
Due to browser security constraints, it cannot extract DOM text from chrome:// pages, the Chrome Web Store, native PDF viewer pages, or cross-origin sandboxed iframes. OCR still works on visible pixels, but DOM text may be unavailable in these restricted contexts.

Privacy:
• Uses cookies/sessions for authentication and Stripe for billing.
• OCR requests are sent to the backend solely to generate the extracted text.
• No analytics tracking, no third-party ads, and no sale of user data.

Test instructions:

1. Install the extension.
2. Open any webpage and click the toolbar icon.
3. Sign in with Google or email.
4. Click “Start region capture,” drag a selection, and verify extracted text in the clipboard toast.
5. Use the “Upgrade” button to test Stripe Checkout; access the billing portal when signed in.
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