WINDOWS OCR REVIEW AND SHORTCUT WORKSHEET
Created by the JPG to Excel team. Version: 2026-09-30.
Blank practical template; no measured benchmark results are included.

1. CHOOSE A WORKFLOW
Goal: [ ] editable text [ ] structured table [ ] searchable PDF
Network rule: [ ] online upload allowed [ ] source must stay local
Required export: __________________
Tool / service / model: __________________
Current free allowance / paid limit checked on: __________________

2. RECORD YOUR WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
Windows version and build: __________________
App name and version: __________________
CPU architecture: __________________
Source language and script: __________________
Installed OCR language pack(s): __________________
Preferred recognition language: __________________
Actual activation shortcut in app settings: __________________

DOCUMENTED SHORTCUTS (verify in your installed version)
Win + Shift + S: capture a screen region.
Win + Shift + T: default PowerToys Text Extractor shortcut when enabled.
Ctrl + Shift + A: do not assume a universal Windows OCR command.

READ-ONLY LANGUAGE PACK QUERY
Run in Windows PowerShell as described in Microsoft's documentation:
Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object { $_.Name -Like 'Language.OCR*' }
Record the relevant capability name and Installed / NotPresent state.
This query inspects packs; it does not install them.

3. BUILD A SMALL REPEATABLE SAMPLE
Use the same files in each tool. Suggested examples:
- A crisp screenshot with names, punctuation, and numbers.
- A scanned paragraph with the language/script you need.
- A table with headers, decimal values, and several rows.
- A difficult sample such as cursive or a low-contrast scan, if relevant.

Sample ID: __________________
Original filename: __________________
Image dimensions / capture zoom: __________________
Preparation performed: __________________
Manually checked reference text / table: __________________

4. REVIEW EACH RESULT
Missing or duplicated lines: __________________
Incorrect words / names: __________________
Changed punctuation / spacing: __________________
Wrong digits / dates / decimal separators: __________________
Reading order errors: __________________
Table rows expected / correct: __________________
Table cells expected / correct: __________________
Uncertain content needing another reviewer: __________________

5. MEASURE TIME TO A USABLE EXPORT
Capture or upload time: ____ seconds
Recognition time: ____ seconds
Correction time: ____ seconds
Export and reopen time: ____ seconds
Total time: ____ seconds
Download reopened correctly: [ ] yes [ ] no
Required format retained: [ ] yes [ ] no
Privacy and upload policy suitable: [ ] yes [ ] no

6. RECORD A DECISION
Chosen workflow and reason: __________________
Limits or errors found: __________________
Next sample to test: __________________

OFFICIAL REFERENCES
Snipping Tool:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots
PowerToys Text Extractor and language packs:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/text-extractor
PowerToys installation and requirements:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/install
Tesseract command-line usage:
https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/tessdoc/Command-Line-Usage.html
OCRmyPDF installation:
https://ocrmypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html

This site's online converter accepts images and uses server-side OCR.
It is not an offline Windows application, automatic file-renaming service,
direct PDF uploader, DOCX exporter, or searchable-PDF generator.