Microsoft is bringing 'OCR' text recognition to Windows 11's Snipping Tool
Microsoft is bringing 'OCR' text recognition to Windows 11's Snipping Tool
Snipping Tool gets smarter with its latest update.
Snipping Tool gets smarter with its latest update.
Is this much different than the OCR feature in PowerToys?
I'm not quite sure. I don't believe Microsoft has detailed exactly how it works yet. Though at the very least, it being baked-in to the Snipping Tool makes it more convenient for the average user.
This combined with the phone link thing have some serious privacy implications. Does this use a web service for Ocr or is it all local?
Really surprised they didn't call it AI
Oh yeah, absolutely. I think there are plenty of privacy concerns that should be addressed. But I don’t know whether the OCR is processed locally or not. I know the plan for Windows 12 at least is to complete a good amount of the intelligence processing on-device, though that is reliant on specific hardware. And I don’t know how or whether these new features factor into that or not.