OCR Capture the screen function

The OCR Capture the screen function in RPA.

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This article describes the RPA OCR functionality to capture the screen.

For a full list of available functions, please read OCR functions.


Description

The OCR Capture the screen function allows you to capture the screen.


Setting it up

To use the OCR Capture the screen function, follow these instructions:

{{popups:rpas/add:action=ocr-screen}}

Once on a process map:

  1. Navigate to the process where you would like to add the OCR Capture the screen function
  2. Click on the green button’s drop-down (right side of the green button labelled “Process”)
  3. On the menu that appears, click on the “+ Activity” item
  4. From here you can select the OCR Capture the screen option
  5. Click "Add" once you are done

Input parameters

ParameterRequiredTypeDefaultDescription
FileYesText-The path to save the OCR result

Output variables

This action does not produce output variables.


Errors

ErrorDescription
OCR failedCould not extract text from the screen

Tips

  • Captures the entire screen and performs OCR

Related functions

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