Quick Text Extraction

Quick Text Extraction

This innovative Google Chrome extension empowers users with the ability to extract and interact with text from any webpage,…

What is Quick Text Extraction?
Quick Text Extraction is an innovative Google Chrome extension that enables users to extract and interact with text from any webpage. With features like OCR-powered text extraction, user-friendly selection tool, convenient text display, clipboard copy functionality, broad compatibility, and continuous improvement, users can enhance their browsing experience, streamline their research process, and interact with web content in a dynamic and efficient way.
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By: yulinqwq
Users: 1,000+
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2023-08-03)
Creation date: 2023-08-03
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • scripting
  • activeTab
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 241.66K
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Summary

This innovative Google Chrome extension empowers users with the ability to extract and interact with text from any webpage, enhancing their browsing and research capabilities.

Key features and reasons to install:

  1. Text Extraction from Webpages: Harnessing the power of Optical Character Recognition (OCR), the extension allows users to recognize and extract text from any part of a webpage. This can be especially useful for academic research, data collection, or when dealing with non-editable web text.

  2. User-Friendly Selection Tool: Users can easily specify the area of text extraction using intuitive vertical and horizontal lines that can be drawn directly on the webpage. This precise selection tool ensures users extract exactly what they need.

  3. Convenient Text Display and Interaction: Extracted text is displayed in a floating box that can be moved and resized according to user preferences. This makes it simple to reference the extracted text while continuing to browse.

  4. Clipboard Copy Functionality: With just one click, users can copy the extracted text from the floating box to the clipboard, making it effortless to paste and use the text in other applications or documents.

  5. Broad Compatibility: The extension is compatible with all URLs, making it a versatile tool for text extraction across various websites and platforms.

  6. Continuous Improvement: The extension is under active development with regular updates aimed at improving user experience and performance. Future updates are planned to move OCR processing to the background for even faster and smoother performance.

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User reviews
If dummies would have included the instructions. I would say this is the best app. After installing the extension, Click on the icon in the extension bar. You might see a small white box once u click on extensions Click on the white box, Then go to section where you want to copy the content. Use your mouse cursor to do a snip of the content. Its working nice but it captures small chunks on a webpage which consumes too much of its time.
by Smart Marketers Smart Marketers, 2024-05-02

It works perfectly. Just do it as Zowa Light expalined.
by Andrej Stanta Andrej Stanta, 2024-04-19

To use this, you have to click on extensions and click on the icon. Immediately, you are in "snipping" mode and have to click and DRAG and whole square that you want the text extracted from. This took me about half a minute to realize because I kept clicking and nothing happened, much like the person before me writing a review. It is however very simple, almost too simple as it comes with no instructions or guides. You just click, snip and then you get a little "window" on the lower right corner with the text where you can choose to copy parts of it or click the "copy" button which copies everything to you clipboard. It baffles me that people try this extension and don't manage to figure it out.
by Zowa Light Zowa Light, 2024-04-15
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Safety
Risk impact

Quick Text Extraction may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Quick Text Extraction has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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