SnapIndex – Screenshot OCR, Annotate & Searchable PDF

Tracking since May 21, 2026.

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• May 27, 2026
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  SnapIndex turns screenshots into a searchable visual memory.
  
  Capture screenshots, extract text with on-device OCR, annotate, export to searchable PDF, and find any word later — all from Chrome.
  
  📸 Capture screenshots your way
  
  SnapIndex supports four capture modes built for real work:
  
  Visible area — capture the current viewport.
  Scrollshot / full-page screenshot — capture a long screenshot of the current page, including many lazy-loaded or scrolling pages.
  Area select — drag around exactly the section you need.
  Click sequence — record a user-started multi-step screenshot flow as one ordered capture, ideal for bug reports, walkthroughs, onboarding docs, and support notes.
  
  🔎 Make screenshot text searchable with OCR
  
  SnapIndex runs OCR locally in your browser, so text inside screenshots becomes copyable and searchable.
  
  Extract text from screenshots.
  Copy text from images without uploading OCR text to SnapIndex servers.
  Works with visible screenshots, scrollshots, area captures, and click-sequence captures.
  OCR runs on-device using browser WebAssembly.
  
  🔍 Search inside your screenshots
  
  Most screenshot tools save images. SnapIndex makes them searchable.
  
  SnapIndex builds a private local text index so you can search by words found inside your screenshots, not only by filename.
  
  Find a quote, price, name, code, error message, or note across your saved captures.
  Filter by site, capture type, date, or tag.
  See highlighted snippets so you know why a result matched.
  
  📄 Export searchable PDFs
  
  Turn screenshots into PDFs with an OCR text layer, so the exported file can be searched and copied in compatible PDF viewers.
  
  Export screenshots as searchable PDFs.
  Combine click-sequence captures into a single multi-page PDF.
  Turn visual captures into searchable documentation.
  Supports multilingual text rendering for many common writing systems.
  
  ✏️ Annotate before you share
  
  Use the built-in editor to mark up screenshots without opening another app.
  
  Add arrows, rectangles, free-hand notes, and text labels.
  Blur or highlight areas before sharing.
  Add numbered step badges for walkthroughs.
  Crop, undo, and redo while keeping your workflow simple.
  
  ☁️ Optional Google Drive backup
  
  Google Drive backup is optional and user-enabled.
  
  When connected, SnapIndex uses the limited drive.file scope to create and manage SnapIndex backup files in your Google Drive. SnapIndex does not request broad Drive access and does not use Drive to read unrelated files.
  
  Backed-up captures can include the screenshot/PDF and metadata needed to restore your library on another device.
  
  🔒 Private by design
  
  SnapIndex is local-first.
  
  Screenshot images, OCR text, and page content are not sent to SnapIndex servers.
  OCR and image processing run in your browser.
  Cross-device library sync is optional and syncs metadata only, such as URL, title, timestamp, capture type, and Drive file ID.
  Google Drive backup is optional and uploads only to the Google Drive account you connect.
  You can export, delete, disconnect Drive, or disable sync at any time.
  
  💎 Pricing
  
  Free — 25 saved items total. All features included.
  Pro — $2.99/mo — 200 saved items / month, full Drive sync.
  Scale — $9.99/mo — fair-use unlimited (soft cap 10,000 / month), full Drive sync, multi-device sync, priority support.
  
  👥 Built for
  
  Researchers saving visual references from articles and PDFs.
  Designers and PMs collecting visual inspiration that is searchable later.
  Engineers documenting bugs and reproducible flows.
  Support teams creating searchable walkthroughs and issue records.
  Students saving lecture slides and study material as searchable PDFs.

  SnapIndex turns every screenshot into a searchable visual memory.
  
  Capture anything on your screen, extract the text with on-device OCR, annotate, export to searchable PDFs, and find any word inside any screenshot — months later, in one search.
  
  📸 Four capture modes
  
  - Visible area — current viewport, one click.
  - Scrollshot — full-page capture, including lazy-loaded and infinite-scroll content.
  - Area select — drag a box around exactly what you want. 
  - Click sequence — record a multi-step flow as one ordered capture. Built for bug reports, walkthroughs, onboarding docs, and support tickets.
  
  🔎 Extract text from any screenshot (OCR)
  Turn any image into text without leaving the browser. SnapIndex runs OCR locally via WebAssembly — your screenshots never leave your device.
  
  - Copy text out of screenshots, scrollshots, area captures, and click sequences.
  - Works on UI elements, error messages, slides, articles, and document captures.
  
  🔍 Search inside your screenshots
  Most screenshot tools save images. SnapIndex makes them findable.
  
  - Private local index of every word inside every capture.
  - Search a quote, price, name, code, error, or note across your whole library.
  - Filter by site, capture type, date, or tag.
  - Highlighted snippet previews show you exactly why each result matched.
  
  📄 Export searchable PDFs
  - Save any capture as a PDF with an embedded OCR text layer — searchable and copyable in any PDF viewer. Merge click-sequence captures into one multi-page document. Multilingual rendering: Latin, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean.
  
  ✏️ Annotate before you share
  
  - Arrows, rectangles, freehand, text labels.
  - Blur sensitive info or highlight what matters.
  - Numbered step badges for walkthroughs.
  - Crop, undo, redo.
  
  ☁️ Optional Google Drive backup
  Off by default. When enabled, SnapIndex uses the narrow drive.file scope — it can only read and write the files it created. It cannot see anything else in your Drive.
  🔒 Private by design
  
  - Local-first. Screenshots, OCR text, and page content stay on your device.
  - Optional cross-device sync transmits metadata only (URL, title, timestamp, capture type, Drive file ID) — never images, never OCR text.
  - Export everything, delete everything, or disconnect Drive any time.
  
  💎 Pricing — same features on every plan
  - Every plan includes everything: all four capture modes, on-device OCR, full-text search, annotation, searchable PDF export, and Google Drive backup. The only difference is how much you save.
  
  Free — 25 captures (lifetime).
  Pro — $2.99/mo — 200 new captures every month.
  Scale — $9.99/mo — Unlimited 
  
  👥 Built for
  Researchers keeping visual references from articles and PDFs findable.
  Designers & PMs turning a screenshot pile into a searchable library.
  Engineers documenting bugs with reproducible click sequences.
  Support teams building searchable walkthroughs and issue records.
  Students saving lecture slides as searchable study material.
  
  Install SnapIndex and turn every screenshot into something you can search later.

• May 27, 2026
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  SnapIndex — Search-First Screenshot Tool

  SnapIndex – Screenshot OCR, Annotate & Searchable PDF

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