There are all kinds of reasons why you might want to extract text out of images. Maybe you've taken photos of restaurant bills and you want to make a record of what you've eaten; or perhaps you've got a bunch of screenshots that you need to get product names out of; or you could have scanned in some important documents that need sorting. Whatever the reason, Windows comes with built-in tools for picking out text from image files (technically known as OCR, or Optical Character Recognition)--in fact, there are several different ways, so you can pick the one that suits you best. Here's how to get started, assuming you already have your images saved somewhere. The Snipping Tool is the easiest way to extract text from images on Windows.

Recent years have witnessed the emerging trend of extensions in modern Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code (VSCode) that significantly enhance developer productivity. Especially, popular AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot and Tabnine provide conveniences like automated code completion and debugging. While these extensions offer numerous benefits, they may introduce privacy and security concerns to software developers. However, there is no existing work that systematically analyzes the security and privacy concerns, including the risks of data exposure in VSCode extensions. In this paper, we investigate on the security issues of cross-extension interactions in VSCode and shed light on the vulnerabilities caused by data exposure among different extensions. Our study uncovers high-impact security flaws that could allow adversaries to stealthily acquire or manipulate credential-related data (e.g., passwords, API keys, access tokens) from other extensions if not properly handled by extension vendors. To measure their prevalence, we design a novel automated risk detection framework that leverages program analysis and natural language processing techniques to automatically identify potential risks in VSCode extensions. By applying our tool to 27,261 real-world VSCode extensions, we discover that 8.5% of them (i.e., 2,325 extensions) are exposed to credential-related data leakage through various vectors, such as commands, user input, and configurations. Our study sheds light on the security challenges and flaws of the extension-in-IDE paradigm and provides suggestions and recommendations for improving the security of VSCode extensions and mitigating the risks of data exposure.

ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and other tools like them are making artificial intelligence available to the masses. We can now get all sorts of responses back on almost any topic imaginable. These chatbots can compose sonnets, write code, get philosophical, and automate tasks. However, while you can just type anything you like into ChatGPT and get it to understand you. There are ways of getting more interesting and useful results out of the bot.

This small python app allows you to draw a dataset in a jupyter notebook. This should be very useful when teaching machine learning algorithms. You can get the same tooling from going to calmcode labs but with this library you'll also be able to use it from within jupyter. This will save you a precious tab in the browser. When you run this from jupyter, you should load in an iframe.

With digitization, every organization and individual seeks tools and technologies that make manual tasks redundant. Performing repetitive tasks manually can be monotonous, time-consuming, and boring out even the most dedicated individuals over time. Besides, manually performed tasks are always prone to human error and bias. This is where the idea of automation comes in and makes life easier. The concept of automation is not relatively nascent; instead, it dates back to the 1780s, when the first automatic flour mill was developed.

Through Bot Libre, your bots may use Microsoft Speech for text-to-speech. This "How To" will give you a step by step process to connect your bot with Microsoft Speech. First you must create a bot that you want to connect to Microsoft Speech, or you can use one of your existing bots. To create a bot, follow the instructions here: How to create your own chat bot in 10 clicks. Click the "Free Account" button to create an account, or sign in if you have an existing one.

Microsoft's Windows 10 October 2018 Update, officially released October 2, doesn't offer the standout, marquee features you might have come to expect from earlier releases. But as our review demonstrates, a few new features highlight a longer list of under-the-hood, day-to-day improvements. Our review is based on the final Windows 10 Insider Builds, which led up to the official October 2018 Update. Microsoft doesn't appear to have added anything with the announcement, but we'll check and update this story to reflect any last-minute changes. We've assigned a review score, but, as always, pay less attention to the number than to how the October 2018 Update will affect you.

Arcticsid asked about turning text into a .jpg. I'll also explain converting an image back into text. Your browser will select the word, and then you'll be able to copy and paste it into your word processor or email program. But try double-clicking a word in the picture above (or in any of the other pictures in this article). In the digital world, there's a big difference between real text and an image that looks like text--even if it's not always obvious to the user.

Apple, known for its steady stream of slick consumer electronic devices, used its annual developer conference in San Francisco to roll out a raft of millennial-friendly texting tools to enhance emojis, image sharing and add animations to messages. Among a two-hour stream of product announcements at the annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) event, Apple engineers demonstrated the latest update of Apple's smartphone software iOS, which will now let iPhone users add larger emojis, see photos and videos appear in a stream of text messages, add animated effects and "emojify" messages by converting typed words into emoji. Opening the event with a moment of silence for the victims of the weekend's shooting at a gay night club in Orlando, CEO Tim Cook – who has become a leader on gay rights issues since talking about his own sexuality in 2014 – called the attacks a "senseless unconscionable act of terrorism and hate aimed at dividing and destroying". Cook then set about laying out his vision for a future where Apple's software forms the central hub of its customers' lives, helping track their fitness, send love notes, navigate the road and trade pictures of cute dogs. Apple is clearly responding to the voice of the consumer; messages is the most popular app on iOS, and the new features are designed to offer more playful options that replicate some successful third party messaging apps. "We're providing emoji predictions as you type," said Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering.

Welcome to Visual Evidence, a new regular series about visualization in the real world! We'll take a look at unexpected datasets, cool design solutions or insightful graphics. We'll find examples of how visual information can help us solve real-world problems or save us from our own mistakes. And we'll illustrate all these ideas with charts, sketches, and of course, plenty of gifs. Chances are, you probably think your mind works pretty well. It might lead you astray now and then, but usually it helps you make good decisions and remember things reliably. At the very least, you're probably confident that it doesn't change depending on the time of day or what you had to eat.