You are welcome. If you find that code to be reliable, then leave it that way. If you find that it returns the wrong number sometimes, there are ways to fix that. One way might be to increase the zoom level of the app you are using. I can think of three other ways, so let us know if your OCR is getting the wrong answer too often. If it is, you should create another post because that's a different problem.
Thank you so much, if you have any suggestions on other ways to capture the text from the screen, that would be appreciated. My approach seems to work 80% of the time.
Also, even when I use insert text by typing, there is a return at the end, is there a way to avoid that? Just want the phone number only to be typed. The target program is pretty picky.
Well, you are using KM's OCR action, which has finicky accuracy. There are tricks to make it more accurate. But the best way to make it nearly perfect accuracy is to use the new OCR action in Monterey instead of the one in KM. Do you have macOS Monterey? If you do, you can learn how to use it by searching this forum for the words: Monterey OCR
There are lots of ways to solve that. Since I don't see your macro, I can't really tell you the simplest way to fix your problem. But based on what you've told me, I think you need this:
That is brilliant, thank you, that got it to work. Have not tried much of the built in OCR in Monterey but will give it a look and see. I have actually used TextSniper for some time, works really well, I think it works better based on reviews that the built in OCR in Monterey
Thank you again for the help and the fast responses
My macro in the end:
TextSniper looks amazing. In fact it looks too good to be true, because a single developer from Latvia, who claims to be self-taught, has produced this amazing software? In my opinion it sounds like perhaps the Russian government using the author as a cover to distribute their software. I can't prove that, but I don't put any software on my Mac until I have a high level of confidence in it.
That's a good point, and I can't say your decision to use it is bad for you, but I still wouldn't trust any hostile government with billions of dollars for a hacking budget to install their software on my PC, even if it's via the Apple App store. As far as I can tell KM is written in Australia and Australia is a close ally of Canada, so I'm not worried about this as far as KM goes.