These free, open-source tools will make your Windows PC more powerful and give you a serious productivity boost.

Just like you would ask Google Assistant or Siri to accomplish tasks on your phone, you can also talk to your Windows PC to get things done hands-free. While you can use basic commands to perform ...

Do you find yourself typing the same things over and over? If the answer is yes — and if you type enough text during the workweek, it almost certainly will be — I’d highly recommend you install a text ...

A few keystrokes might not seem like a lot, but they add up over time. That’s why text expanders can be a major productivity boost, allowing you to create shortcuts for commonly used phrases across ...

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Microsoft’s PowerToys has a new utility that lets you copy text from images: If someone sends you a picture of their business card or a screenshot of their bank account details, you can use PowerToys ...

Microsoft has added an OCR function (Optical Character Recognition) to the Windows Photos app, which basically means it can now recognize text in an image and instantly extract it for you. To use this ...

The Windows Photos app is getting background blur, and Snipping Tool will copy text from your PC or Android screenshots. The Windows Photos app is getting background blur, and Snipping Tool will copy ...

Microsoft is addingVisual Search to Edge’s desktop search bar, letting users identify objects, translate text, and find info ...

Windows Photos is getting a significant feature update with content and text recognition in photos, as well as support for motion photos taken on Google and Samsung devices. Prior to Windows 11, ...