YouTube Text Selector

Name: YouTube Text Selector
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Ashutosh Mathore

Select and copy text from YouTube video frames when paused

As of June 2026, YouTube Text Selector has 193 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 2 reviews in the Productivity category.

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Users+17.0%

193

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5.00

2 reviews

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Version

1.0

Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	165	5.00	2	1.0
Apr 20, 2026	169	5.00	2	1.0
May 11, 2026	203	5.00	2	1.0
Jun 6, 2026	198	5.00	2	1.0
Now	193	5.00	2	1.0

Permissions & access

Permissions: activeTaboffscreen
Host access: None declared

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About

The YouTube Text Selector is a handy tool designed to enhance your interaction with YouTube videos. When you pause a video, this package allows you to select any text visible in that frame and copy it for later use. Essentially, it likely uses optical character recognition (OCR) to identify and extract the text, which can be particularly useful if you want to quickly capture subtitles, on-screen annotations, or any text-based content without having to manually transcribe it.

Key features include:

1. Seamless Integration: Works directly within YouTube, allowing you to extract text without switching between applications.
2. OCR Technology: Automatically detects text in paused video frames.
3. Efficiency: Quickly copy and reuse text for research, sharing, or note-taking.

This tool is ideal for software developers, researchers, content creators, and anyone who frequently references text embedded in YouTube videos.