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submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 84 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So, one day I'm hanging out with my friend, and he introduces me to his friend. Middle-aged guy, seems pretty nice, but he's having a shit day. Why? Because he had to copy something from an email, and he spent about an hour, flipping back and forth between two windows, copying the email into a Word document or something. I was dumbfounded, and I said "Why didn't you just copy-paste?" The guy stalks off with his head down, muttering under his breath.

[–] fetter@lemm.ee 43 points 6 months ago (4 children)

My boss will purposely screen shot text he writes so I have to rewrite it and not copy paste… not fun.

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 54 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You need an OCR tool.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago

Or a new job with a boss that's not a wanker.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Or an iPhone with access to the email. Probably a feature on Android too, idk, I’ve been away from modern Android for ~3 years.

Lots of times I’ve realized it’s easier just to take a screenshot (or even a photo of someone else’s phone…did that tonight when my wife was getting a weird error in Netflix) and then copy the text (or just go right to search from the selection).

[–] Xanvial@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Google Lens can do OCR since a few years ago I believe

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I know everyone complains about Microsoft AI but you can just screenshot text and have it tell you what the text says.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 months ago

Now you can use text capture to copy the text from a photo

[–] popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Text capture saves hours and hours

I use Microsoft PowerToys for that and dozens of other QOL life hacks.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago

I'm pretty sure that requires admin access to enable though.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

That's when you just screen shot it again and paste the image in where you need it.