---
title: "Screen OCR - Free Area Text Extractor – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "3 users, no ratings yet. Version 2.0.0, updated 2026-10-20. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hecfhjkmoihgehjpbngpiihkpgdmngnd"
---

# Screen OCR - Free Area Text Extractor

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 3
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-10-21 03:39 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: +2 (+200.0%)
- Rank by users: #230,194 of 289,025 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #89,768 of 114,373

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Extract text from YouTube videos, images, and web pages. 1-click free area OCR with auto-copy, subtitle unwrap & history.

- Extension ID: `hecfhjkmoihgehjpbngpiihkpgdmngnd`
- Developer: [ToolNPlay](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u5067d6383eec8f816b19a26c7d7d9b80)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Not trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-09-21
- Last updated: 2026-10-20
- Version: `2.0.0`
- Size: 30.63 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `toolnplay.com`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/screen-ocr-free-area-text/hecfhjkmoihgehjpbngpiihkpgdmngnd>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/hecfhjkmoihgehjpbngpiihkpgdmngnd>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22hecfhjkmoihgehjpbngpiihkpgdmngnd%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-21 | 3 | – | – |
| 2026-10-19 | 4 | – | – |
| 2026-09-28 | 1 | – | – |
| 2026-09-27 | 1 | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-19: New version `2.0.0`, replacing `1.0.0`.
- 2026-10-19: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-10-19: Added the permission `storage`.
- 2026-10-19: Added the site `https://api.ocr.space/*`.
- 2026-10-19: The developer's contact email changed.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

- 2026-10-19: The contact email changed. What it can access changed the same day.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `https://api.ocr.space/*`: api.ocr.space

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `clipboardWrite`: Change what's in your clipboard
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Meeting Audio Recorder — ToolNPlay](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aodhmfkbicfmolhchcpdhdfdmffeejbp) | 6 | – | – | Tools |

All 2 extensions by [ToolNPlay](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u5067d6383eec8f816b19a26c7d7d9b80).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-10-21 03:39 UTC; next check around 2026-11-18.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Screen OCR - Free Area Text Extractor” (hecfhjkmoihgehjpbngpiihkpgdmngnd). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-21. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hecfhjkmoihgehjpbngpiihkpgdmngnd. Accessed 2026-11-08.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_hecfhjkmoihgehjpbngpiihkpgdmngnd,
  title   = {Screen OCR - Free Area Text Extractor (hecfhjkmoihgehjpbngpiihkpgdmngnd)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-21},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hecfhjkmoihgehjpbngpiihkpgdmngnd},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}
```

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