WindowTextExtractor - Free App to Extract Text (Even Masked Passwords) from any Window (Windows Only)
WindowTextExtractor is a free and open-source (MIT) tool for extracting text from any window on your operating system, including hidden asterisk passwords.
It works with modal windows, buttons, textboxes, and lists. Beyond text extraction, it provides detailed window and process information, shows environment variables, and allows you to show or hide most desktop windows.
Additional features include taking screenshots, recording windows as AVI files, and OCR support for text, barcodes, and QR codes on Windows 10 and 11.
To use, simply launch WindowTextExtractor and drag the "Find window" button over your target window for information or extraction.
Features
- Extract text from modal windows, buttons, textboxes, lists, and other UI elements
- Reveal passwords hidden behind asterisks (****) from most Windows applications
- Display detailed information about windows and processes
- Access and display process environment variables
- Show or hide almost any desktop window
- OCR support for text, barcodes, and QR codes (Windows 10 and 11)
- Capture screenshots of any window
- Record window streams as AVI files
License
MIT License