How to Extract Text From Any Image in Chrome — Textquill (Full Walkthrough)
Meet Quill 👋 — your guide to Textquill, the private, on-device OCR extension for Chrome. Turn any image into editable text without your pictures ever leaving your computer.
In this quick tour, Quill shows you every way to grab text:
• Right-click any image on a web page → Extract text
• Select any area of the screen (Alt+Shift+S)
• Drop in, drag & drop, or paste an image
• Copy in one click, or have it read aloud
• 16 languages including Hindi, Chinese, Arabic & more
• Searchable local history + light/dark mode
• Export to TXT or Markdown
🔒 Private by design
Everything runs locally in your browser — no account, no uploads, no tracking.
▶ Add Textquill to Chrome:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/det...
👨💻 Built by Sundar Shahi Thakuri
Textquill was designed and built by Sundar Shahi Thakuri, a full-stack product engineer.
Portfolio: https://sundarshahithakuri.com.np
Case study: https://sundarshahithakuri.com.np/cas...
🌐 Learn more
Website: https://textquill.app
Docs: https://textquill.app/docs
Privacy: https://textquill.app/privacy
Chapters
0:00 Meet Quill
0:04 Right-click any image
0:11 Select any area
0:18 Drop in an image
0:25 Copy & read aloud
0:30 16 languages (Hindi)
0:36 Searchable history
0:41 Fast/Accurate & dark mode
0:47 Export to TXT/Markdown
0:50 Add to Chrome
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