Pluck

About

Pluck — Extract Text From Anything On Your Screen

Ever seen text trapped inside an image you couldn't 
select? A screenshot, a meme, a paused video, a scanned 
PDF, or a photo? Pluck solves this instantly.

Press Ctrl+Shift+X, draw a box around any area on your 
screen, and Pluck extracts the text and copies it to 
your clipboard automatically. No uploads. No accounts. 
No internet required. Everything happens locally inside 
your browser.

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⚡ HOW IT WORKS
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Step 1 → Press Ctrl+Shift+X or click the Pluck icon
Step 2 → Draw a selection box around any text on screen
Step 3 → Pluck reads the text and copies it instantly
Step 4 → Paste anywhere you want

That's it. Three seconds from seeing text to having 
it in your clipboard.

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✨ CORE FEATURES
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◆ SMART AREA SELECTION
Draw a precise selection box around any part of your 
screen, just like the Windows Snipping Tool but 
designed specifically for extracting text.

◆ 100% LOCAL OCR ENGINE
Powered by Tesseract.js, the world's most trusted 
open source OCR engine. All text recognition happens 
directly in your browser. Your screen content never 
leaves your device. Never.

◆ FREEZE SCREEN MODE
Pluck captures a frozen snapshot of your screen before 
you select. This means you can extract text from 
dropdown menus, tooltips, hover states, and dynamic 
content that disappears when you move your mouse.

◆ MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT
Pluck reads English, Urdu, and Hindi text out of the 
box. Perfect for South Asian users who regularly work 
with mixed language content in images and documents.

◆ AUTO TRANSLATION
Extracted text can be automatically translated to 
English using built-in translation. One click and 
your Urdu or Hindi text becomes English instantly.
No API key needed.

◆ TEXT TO SPEECH
Let Pluck read your extracted text out loud using 
your browser's built-in speech engine. Great for 
accessibility, language learning, and hands-free 
workflows.

◆ MULTIPLE COPY MODES
Choose exactly how your text gets copied:
→ Plain Text: exactly as extracted
→ Single Line: removes all line breaks, 
   perfect for addresses and codes
→ Markdown: preserves structure with 
   headers and lists

◆ SMART TEXT CLEANUP
Pluck automatically fixes common OCR errors like 
broken line breaks, double spaces, and garbled 
characters. The text you get is clean and 
ready to use.

◆ CONFIDENCE INDICATOR
Pluck shows you how confident it is about the 
extracted text with a color coded indicator.
Green means high accuracy. Yellow means check 
it over. Red means the image quality was low.

◆ KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
Trigger Pluck from anywhere without touching 
your mouse. Default shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+X 
on Windows and Cmd+Shift+X on Mac. Fully 
customizable from chrome://extensions/shortcuts

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🎯 WHO IS PLUCK FOR
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STUDENTS
Copy text from lecture slides, textbook photos, 
assignment screenshots, and study material images 
without typing everything manually.

DEVELOPERS
Grab error messages from screenshots, copy code 
from images shared on Twitter and LinkedIn, 
extract stack traces from bug reports.

RESEARCHERS & ANALYSTS
Extract data from charts, tables, and graphs in 
images. Copy text from scanned research papers 
and PDFs that have no selectable text.

CONTENT CREATORS
Copy captions, quotes, and text from images 
quickly. Extract text from reference screenshots 
while writing articles or creating content.

URDU AND HINDI USERS
Finally an OCR tool that actually reads Urdu and 
Hindi text correctly. Extract text from Urdu news 
screenshots, Hindi social media posts, and 
mixed language content with real accuracy.

PROFESSIONALS
Copy addresses from scanned business cards, 
extract information from document photos, grab 
text from presentation screenshots during meetings.

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🔒 PRIVACY FIRST
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Pluck was built with privacy as the foundation.

→ No servers involved
→ No data collection of any kind
→ No account required
→ No internet connection needed
→ Everything runs locally in Chrome
→ Your screen content stays on your device
→ Open source OCR engine (Tesseract.js)

What you see on your screen is your business. 
Pluck keeps it that way.

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⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
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Windows: Ctrl + Shift + X
Mac:     Cmd  + Shift + X

Customize at chrome://extensions/shortcuts

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❓ COMMON QUESTIONS
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Does Pluck work on all websites?
Yes, Pluck works on any webpage including 
Google Docs, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, 
Reddit, news sites, and more.

Does it work on images inside PDFs?
Yes. Open the PDF in Chrome and use 
Pluck to select any text area.

Why is first scan slow?
The first scan loads the OCR language data 
into memory. Every scan after that is 
significantly faster.

Does it work offline?
Yes. Pluck works completely offline after 
the language data is loaded once.

Will it work on Chrome Web Store pages?
Chrome prevents all extensions from running 
on the Chrome Web Store itself. This is a 
Chrome security rule, not a Pluck limitation.

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📬 SUPPORT
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Having an issue or have a feature request?
We read every message and respond personally.

Pluck is built by an indie developer who 
genuinely cares about making this tool 
better for every user.