GrabText
Select any area on screen and instantly copy the text. Works on YouTube, PDFs, images — anywhere.
As of June 2026, GrabText has 2 users in the Productivity category.
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Version
1.0.0
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since May 25, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2026 | — | — | — | 1.0.0 |
| Jun 7, 2026 | — | — | — | 1.0.0 |
| Now | 2 | — | — | 1.0.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- activeTabscriptingstorageclipboardWritetabsnotificationsoffscreen
- Host access
- <all_urls>
Screenshots
About
GrabText turns any text on your screen into copyable text in seconds — no more typing out what you see, no more switching apps. ⚡ HOW IT WORKS 1. Press Ctrl+Shift+S (or ⌘+Shift+S on Mac) 2. Drag over any area on screen 3. Text is automatically copied to your clipboard ✓ That's it. 3 steps → 1 step. --- 🎯 PERFECT FOR 📺 YouTube & Video Learners Watching a tutorial and need to copy code, a prompt, or a formula shown on screen? GrabText grabs it instantly — no pausing, no retyping. 📄 PDFs & Scanned Documents Copy text from PDFs that don't allow selection, scanned images, or locked documents. 🖼️ Images & Screenshots Extract text from any image on any website — memes, infographics, presentations, charts. 💻 Developers & Designers Copy error messages, stack traces, or UI text from screenshots without retyping a single character. 📊 Students & Researchers Grab quotes, data, and references from lecture slides, research papers, or online courses. --- ✨ FEATURES - One keyboard shortcut — Ctrl+Shift+S / ⌘+Shift+S - Drag-select any region on screen - Instant clipboard copy — text is ready to paste immediately - Works on YouTube, PDFs, images, any webpage - Supports 10+ languages including English, Hindi, Spanish, French, Arabic & more - Recent extractions history — access your last 5 grabbed texts - 100% offline — no internet needed, no account required - Zero data collection — everything stays on your device --- 🔒 PRIVACY FIRST GrabText runs entirely on your device using Tesseract.js, a trusted open-source OCR engine. Your screenshots are never uploaded, stored on any server, or shared with anyone. What you grab stays with you. --- 🆓 COMPLETELY FREE No subscription. No sign-up. No hidden limits. Just install and start grabbing text. --- 💬 FEEDBACK & SUPPORT If GrabText saves you time, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review — it helps more people discover the extension! Developed by ORBIT AI LABS
Technical
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 1.53MiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- ljbmiicemlpglpflkgicgjmnjnaldhbc
- Developer ID
- u434d2aafbd9f230fdb2ef3aed5a54ccf
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- May 24, 2026
- Last Updated (Store)
- May 24, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 7, 2026
- Website
- —
- Privacy Policy
- https://vipinvishal.github.io/grabtext-privacy/
Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 7, 2026.