Copy text from pictures on Linux with Textsnatcher

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$ sudo apt install flatpak

$ sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

$sudo flatpak install flathub com.github.rajsolai.textsnatcher

Step 1: With Textsnatcher open, find the “Snatch Now!” button and click on it with the mouse. After selecting this button, Textsnatcher should open up the default screenshot tool for your Linux desktop.

Note: if you use Gnome or a Gnome-based desktop environment, it will launch the Gnome screenshot tool.

Step 2: With the screenshot tool open, find the “Select an area to grab” option and click on it with the mouse. When you select this button, the screenshot tool will allow you to take a screenshot of a selected area on the desktop.

Step 3: After you’ve selected the “select an area to grab” option, your mouse cursor will become a cross icon. Click and drag over the area you wish to extract text from.

Step 4: Once you’ve selected an area on the desktop with the cursor, the screenshot tool will take a picture. It will open up a dialog box that says, “Share this screenshot with TextSnatcher?”

Select the “Share” button to share the screenshot to Textsnatcher so that it can extract the text contents of the image.

Step 5: With the screenshot exported to Textsnatcher, you should see a message that says “Checkout Clipboard.” From here, go to a text editor (or any other text field) and press Ctrl + V hotkey to paste the text.