Snipping Tool gets smarter with its latest update.

  • N-E-N
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    1 year ago

    Is this much different than the OCR feature in PowerToys?

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      1 year ago

      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.

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    1 year ago

    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

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      1 year ago

      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.