# Selectext: Copy Text from Videos

> Copy text directly from videos on Youtube and any site

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `selectext`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Selectext
- **Category:** language-support,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 1,495
- **Weekly downloads:** 41
- **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:** 2026-09-03
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/selectext/)
- **Website:** [https://selectext.app](https://selectext.app/)

## Description

Selectext is a powerful Chrome extension designed to help you easily copy on-screen text directly from any video, including lectures, tutorials, and social media clips. Whether you need to grab notes, code snippets, or links, Selectext leverages advanced AI OCR technology to detect text in over 50 languages and works seamlessly on platforms like YouTube, Udemy, Coursera, and more.

With a simple toggle button or convenient keyboard shortcuts (Alt+S on Windows, Option+S on Mac), you can select and copy text from paused videos in seconds. The extension supports preserving code indentation for programming languages such as Python and offers customizable settings to tailor the copying experience to your needs. Boost your productivity and save hours daily by extracting text effortlessly from any video with Selectext.

## Rankings

- #2,610 — Overall
- #107 — Language Support
- #48 — tutorial
- #68 — sell
- #72 — ocr
- #105 — video

## 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.

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## 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

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