extract text from picture

[Machariel]

Hi. I need to copy text from one place to another in the same window. But I can see that the source area is not plain text you can just copying by right clicking mouse and paste it some where else.. It is a more like a part of the program somehow.
I need the macro to identify it as text and pass it somewhere else as real text.
But how ??
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vaporizers

[Marcus Tettmar]

You may be able to use the text capture commands (GetTextAtPoint, GetTextInRect, GetWindowTextEx). Try the example to see if the text you want can be captured:

http://www.mjtnet.com/blog/2008/01/03/s ... e-example/

If the text is actually part of an image then you're probably out of luck unless you are prepared to try using OCR:

http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4147

[Machariel]

just now tryed the capture text commands, and it can't see eanything at all in the program window.. And I don't think OCR will work either as I have read it only works on .gif and .tiff pictures. And don't think it is pictures at all, but somehow part of the interface. I have found out that the program is developed in Python Programming Language.
How to extract readable text from that ?
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justin bieber fan

[Marcus Tettmar]

OCR can be performed against BMP files. You can capture the screen to a BMP file. Therefore you can OCR the screen. The above link shows a script which uses the Microsoft Office OCR engine to do just that.

I don't know whether/how text from Python apps can be captured.