Macro to automatically convert prt scr image-based text to real text in cell

[jasonfromchico]

I need my Excel VBA Macro to do OCR (text recognition) from a prt scr screen capture image and input the text into cells. Currently my Excel file has a push-button, and upon clicking on it the macro pastes into Excel the current clipboard image I have created by pressing prt scr while in another program. The macro then crops the image to the region with the applicable text. I have to then manually type the text I see in image format into the appropriate cells.
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Can someone help me with the VBA coding to automate this? I’d like it to use the clipboard image and run it through OneNote OCR, after which the applicable text values are automatically entered into the cells. Ideally the code will first crop to the region with the desired text before it does OCR. If this is not feasible, it will need to incorporate a method (keyword search?) to hone in on the desired text after the entire prt scr image has been OCRed.
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[AngelJ]

Subscribing because I've always wondered about OCR in VBA but never got around to trying it. This seems like a good place to start: Microsoft Office Document Imaging Object Model

 

[jasonfromchico]

Subscribing because I've always wondered about OCR in VBA but never got around to trying it. This seems like a good place to start: Microsoft Office Document Imaging Object Model

What about another method of OCR that doesn't require a 3rd party program, such as Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI)? I read it is defunct but still possible to use for OCR.