Text Grab: all versions and old releases

Protocol Activation to work with new Browser Extension!
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• Get the new Text Grab extension for Chromium browsers HERE
• Get the source code here：https://github.com/TheJoeFin/Text-Grab-Extension
Grab Frame Improvements
• Checking to see if the background changes and if so refresh
• Better memory management
Fullscreen Grab tweaks
• In-progress spinner and success indicator
Edit Text Window
• Improved performance when opening lots of text or other laggy conditions
• Added feet/inches units (i.e. 15m to ft = 48ft 3in)

Protocol Activation to work with new Browser Extension!
SmallPromo
- Get the new Text Grab extension for Chromium browsers HERE
- Get the source code here: https://github.com/TheJoeFin/Text-Grab-Extension
Grab Frame Improvements
- Checking to see if the background changes and if so refresh
- Better memory management
Fullscreen Grab tweaks
- In-progress spinner and success indicator
Edit Text Window
- Improved performance when opening lots of text or other laggy conditions
- Added feet/inches units (i.e. 15m to ft = 48ft 3in)

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Paragraph Detection!
- Nearby lines get merged into a single line
- Option in the general settings
- More fine grained options in the Grab Frame
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Edit Text Window Modes!
- Spreadsheet mode
- Markdown mode
- Raw Text
Edit Text Window Tools and conversions
- Join lines
- Shuffle Lines
- Added pace units
General
- Added more information about packages used
- Updated packages
- Improved first run experience

v4.13.2 Adds one new feature and one bug fix
- New shortcut option to open the last clipboard item. Image opens in Grab Frame, text in an Edit Text Window
- Fix settings migration on packaged apps
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- Edit Text Window calculation options
- Unit conversions (ex: 40 mi to km)
- Date/time math (ex: today + 9 weeks)
- Grab Templates
- Use patterns or specific word borders to define output patters
- Access via Grab Frame, or Post Grab Actions menu
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- Direct Text
- New language option to get text directly from UI Automation
- Does not work in all applications
- Fallback to OCR
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- Fullscreen Capture modes
- Region selection (same as always)
- Select window
- Draw freeform region
- Adjust rectangle after placement
- New lower memory option in settings
- Update packages
- General bug fixes

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- Edit Text Window calculation options
- Unit conversions (ex: 40 mi to km)
- Date/time math (ex: today + 9 weeks)
- Grab Templates
- Use patterns or specific word borders to define output patters
- Access via Grab Frame, or Post Grab Actions menu
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- Direct Text
- New language option to get text directly from UI Automation
- Does not work in all applications
- Fallback to OCR
Screen.Recording.2026-04-04.154739.mp4
- Fullscreen Capture modes
- Region selection (same as always)
- Select window
- Draw freeform region
- Adjust rectangle after placement
- New lower memory option in settings
- Update packages
- General bug fixes

v4.12.1
- updated packages
- EXEs are signed now!
Translate
(Store Version only) Translate text using the local models on Copilot+ PCs from the Edit Text Window or in place on the Grab Frame
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Fullscreen Grab Post-Grab Action Settings
You can now set defaults and change the Post Grab Actions menu
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- Added some Local AI Text tools for Copilot+ PCs
- Let me know what you think of these
- What other tools would be useful here?
- Added Fullscreen Grab settings page with options
- Fixed bug around launch on login and history with EXE
- Added a bug report option in Danger settings
- Updated packages

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- Added some Local AI Text tools for Copilot+ PCs
- Let me know what you think of these
- What other tools would be useful here?
- Added Fullscreen Grab settings page with options
- Fixed bug around launch on login and history with EXE
- Added a bug report option in Danger settings
- Updated packages
- Reissue this release with smaller binaries built with net9

> note: Text-Grab.exe was rebuilt without ReadyToRun on Aug. 2nd
Windows AI OCR Models!
These new models are enabled in the packaged version of Text Grab.
New Features
- Releases include arm64 versions
- Versions on the EXE
- Updated package versions
Bug fixes
- Improved management of Tesseract languages when using script models

What's Changed
- 4.8.1 bug fixes by @TheJoeFin in #526
Full Changelog: v4.8.0...v4.8.1

- Search the Quick Simple look up with Regex!
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- Edit the image in a Grab Frame to improve OCR
- Increase contrast
- Invert colors
- Change brightness
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- Edit Text Window can have a language picker on the bottom bar
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Brings in to major features
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1. Searching history in the Quick Simple Lookup
- Find and open previous Edit Text Windows or Grab Frames
- Different items are signified by an icon on the left
- Can be disabled for previous behavior
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2. Post grab actions
- Can fix GUIDs
- Try to insert
- Trim lines
- Remove duplicate lines
- Default web search (configurable in Settings)

* Improvements all around.
• Images are scaled to an ideal line height
• CJK languages no longer have unneeded spaces
• Edit Text Window
* Read a directory full of images
• Drop images onto the text window
• Adding text does not overwrite selection
• Fullscreen Grab
* Toolbar at the top of the window
• Change language
• Toggle single line
• Place Grab Frame
• Open Edit Text Window
• Open Settings
• Grab Frame
* Edit mode by default
• Fix display scaling issue