# Selectext: Copy Video Text

> Copy text directly from videos on Youtube and any site

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/selectext](https://chrome-stats.com/d/selectext)

## Overview

- **ID:** `selectext`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Selectext
- **Category:** language-support,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 1,506
- **Weekly downloads:** 34
- **Rating:** 3.53 / 5 (19 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1.23
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2021-03-19
- **Size:** 276 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/selectext/)
- **Website:** [https://selectext.app](https://selectext.app/)

## Description

**Selectext: Copy Video Text** uses AI-powered computer vision and OCR to let you select and copy text displayed inside videos. Pause a video, activate Selectext, and copy on-screen notes, programming code, links, captions, or handwritten text directly to your clipboard—even in full-screen mode.

The Firefox add-on works across YouTube, Udemy, Coursera, SharePoint, social media platforms, and university lecture recordings. It supports text detection in more than 50 languages, offers customizable display and clipboard settings, and includes an indentation mode for accurately copying code. Use the Alt+S shortcut on Windows or Option+S on Mac for faster access.

## Rankings

- #2,612 — Overall
- #108 — Language Support
- #43 — tutorial
- #49 — sell
- #70 — video
- #73 — ocr

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `browsingData`
- `scripting`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`
- `*.selectext.app`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

## Review summary

### Pros

- Works well most of the time
- Super handy for developers (copying code from tutorials)
- Almost excellent with OCR and YouTube

### Cons

- Requires login to use the service
- Limited uses per day for free; requires payment for more
- Inconsistent text copying quality, sometimes outputs text with extra line breaks or misformatted results

## Similar extensions and apps

- [VidText Copy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/vidtext-copy) — 21 users
- [Keyboard Text Copier](https://chrome-stats.com/d/keyboard-text-copier) — 1 users
- [CaptionClip](https://chrome-stats.com/d/captionclip) — 22 users
- [TubersLab - Youtube Notepad](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tuberslab-youtube-notepad) — 45 users, 3.00 / 5
- [Transcript Grab for YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/transcript-grab-for-youtube) — 49 users, 4.50 / 5
- [SelectText](https://chrome-stats.com/d/selecttext) — 99 users, 5.00 / 5
- [YouTube Transcript Copy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-copy) — 2,781 users, 4.84 / 5
- [YouTube Transcript Copy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-copy-transcript) — 14 users
- [Scriven - Take YouTube video notes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/scriven) — 3 users, 5.00 / 5
- [YouTube Transcript Copier](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-copier) — 37 users, 1.00 / 5
- [Blackbox](https://chrome-stats.com/d/blackbox) — 2,206 users, 3.66 / 5
- [Ctrl + C : Copy Text only not Images](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ctrl-c-copy-text-only)

---

Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/selectext)