The common way to replicate unselectable text edition is by using anOCR lector . Simply take a screenshot of the area containing text edition and go it through any good OCR software as Google keep . But , this takes clip and is decidedly not an ideal solution .
So what other options do we have ?
Well , thankfully , there are tools to copy any text even if it ’s unselectable . So , let ’s check out the beneficial method acting in every political platform .
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Copy Text from Right-Click Disabled Website (Web)
To disable copying of text , most websites use some sought of JavaScript , so the first affair to try is – invalid JavaScript in your web browser app . If it ’s a banking internet site , then you’re able to try a plugin likeEnableRightClick
But even if this does n’t ferment , you’re able to look at the origin code of that web site or examine the Google cache version of that site , by appendingcache://at the beginning of its uniform resource locator . Although , this method only works for blogs that are indexed by Google .
For example — if the original universal resource locator is
example.com/something.html
then the final universal resource locator will become
cache://example.com/something.html
And the final resort is to download the web page to your local machine or press , CTRL + P to open up the print preview and there you ’ll see save as PDF choice . Use that . you may also check our elaborated guide on how tocopy text from websites that do n’t let .
Copy Unselectable Text from Windows
Say you want to copy text from an error dialogue box . Well , this is more round-eyed than you reckon it ’s , simply clicks on the dialogue box and do CTRL + C and the entire warning notice will get copy to your clipboard .
But what if , you want to replicate text from other programs like register editor or restraint dialog box , etc ? Well in such case , you could useTextify . It ’s a simple , lightweight app ( only 76 KB ) and does what it say .
only launch the Textify.exe , tap any window from which you want to grab the text . And then Textify will magically make the system textual matter selectable . ( see video demonstration )
Copy Unselectable Text from Mac
This is relatively difficult in Mac since there is no lightweight app to do it . But if you have XCode install ( a tool to grow apps for Apple ecosystem ) then it ’s reasonably comfortable to copy textual matter from any Mac app .
merely open up the windowpane from where you want to re-create text , and then turn on Accessibility Inspector . you could discover it under Developer > program > Utilities > Accessibility tools .
But again , install heavy apps like Xcode just for extracting text is not feasible . You are better off with OCR readers . And that ’s why , I have n’t tested this method personally , so for details moderate thisanswer on StackExchange .
Tip : On iPhone , you canuse Live Textto extract text from screenshots .
Copy Unselectable Text from Android
Well , with apps likeUniversal Copy , you may simulate text edition from any app , even if there is no option to highlight it . only add the app , next go to any app from which you want to copy the textual matter , draw in down the notification draftsman , and selectActivate Universal Copymode . Now , tap on textual matter , and it ’ll be copy to your clipboard .
you may alsouse Google Lensto copy text from any app that does not let you copy text from it or even text from an image .
you may also take a screenshot of that Thomas Nelson Page and use Google Keep to extract textbook from the image .
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Anything that you could see on the screen — textbook , images , or video can be easily simulate or downloaded to your computer . Either by using an OCR reader or by correct software .
To copy paste text without any formatting do CTRL + SHIFT + V instead of CTRL + V.
