Re: [Update] Text Grab 4.14.1

On 26/06/08 02:23 AM, Allan Higdon wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:09:31 -0500, wasbit <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 07/06/2026 21:04, Allan Higdon wrote:
>>> On Sun, 07 Jun 2026 03:32:01 -0500, wasbit <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 07/06/2026 08:07, John C. wrote:
>>>>> On 26/06/06 08:24 AM, Allan Higdon wrote:
>>>>>> "This is a minimal optical character recognition (OCR) utility for
>>>>>> Windows 10/11 which makes all visible text available to be copied.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Too often text is trapped within images, videos, or within parts of
>>>>>> applications and cannot be selected.
>>>>>> Text Grab takes a screenshot, passes that image to the OCR engine,
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> puts the text into the clipboard for use anywhere.
>>>>>> The OCR is done locally by Windows API (
>>>>>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-
>>>>>> us/uwp/api/Windows.Media.Ocr ).
>>>>>> This enables Text Grab to have essentially no UI and not require a
>>>>>> constantly running background process.
>>>>>> Working with text can be much more than just copying text from
>>>>>> images,
>>>>>> so Text Grab has a range of different modes to make working with text
>>>>>> fast and easy."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Portable - Standalone File
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Home Page
>>>>>> https://textgrab.net/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Release Notes
>>>>>> https://github.com/TheJoeFin/Text-Grab/releases/latest
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Portable Download
>>>>>> https://github.com/TheJoeFin/Text-Grab/releases/download/v4.14.1/
>>>>>> Text-
>>>>>> Grab-Self-Contained-x64.zip
>>>>>
>>>>> "Get on Microsoft Store — $9.99"
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's available from the Release Notes link.
>>>> Requires Windows Desktop Runtime 10.0.8
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I post the download for the standalone file, which is 408.50 MB.
>>> It worked for me without the Desktop Runtime.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> John et al are wary of direct download links.
>>
>>
> 
> I started posting direct links for GitHub because John at al were unsure
> at times about which file was needed.

Thanks for doing that, Allan. In the past I was confused about where to
download Github programs. However, if you go to the main page for a
program, there's usually a "Releases" section in the right-hand column
that takes you to a page where there are compiled downloads.

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