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title: "Screenshots and OCR"
description: "Capture a region or window, extract text locally, and attach the original image."
locale: "en"
canonical: "https://orylo.io/en/docs/capture-ocr"
product_status: "in-development"
last_reviewed: "2026-09-01"
---

# Screenshots and OCR

Capture a region or window, extract text locally, and attach the original image.

## Capture from anywhere

Orylo provides configurable global shortcuts for a freeform region and the focused window. ScreenCaptureKit excludes Orylo’s own interface from the result, then places the frozen capture in the composer.

## Choose an OCR engine

- Apple Vision uses the OCR built into macOS.
- PaddleOCR Small or Medium runs from a downloaded, versioned local model.
- Turning OCR off prevents the extraction task from running.
- PDF and image extraction reuse one bounded task instead of starting again when you send.

## Local processing

OCR input and extracted text remain on your Mac. Extracted content is sent only when you send the associated attachment to the chosen Assistant.