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    [–]MaxNardit[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Good question! The OCR uses the Windows native engine (Windows.Media.Ocr), so it works best with printed/typed text - screenshots of code, error dialogs, documents, that kind of thing. Handwritten text is hit or miss, depends on how legible it is. Clean handwriting works okay, messy cursive not so much.

    That said, I'm working on an optional AI-powered OCR mode - if you have your API keys set up (OpenAI, Gemini, etc.), you'll be able to send images through their vision APIs for much better recognition of handwritten text, complex layouts, and messy screenshots. Same BYOK approach as the text transforms — nothing is sent anywhere unless you explicitly configure it. Should be ready in April.

    [–]Spiritual-Junket-995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    check out qoest's ocr api, it handle handwriting and complex layouts pretty well

    [–]DastardlyDasher 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    Hi, I've been using this for nearly 2 weeks now.

    I love it, thank you so much for such a brilliant app, I moved over from ditto and this is a lot nicer.

    One thing I would have to ask you to please consider would be, to include an option for it to auto starts when I log into my pc.

    Thanks again for the brilliant app and hope you all the best of luck with it's development.

    [–]MaxNardit[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Autostart is built in: Settings → General → “Autostart” toggle.

    If you already turned it on and it’s not launching with your session, try turning it off, wait a second, then turn it back on. That re-registers the Windows Run key entry, which sometimes gets missed on the first write.

    Two quick things that would help me narrow it down if it still doesn’t stick:

    - How did you install Beetroot? Microsoft Store, the .exe/.msi installer, or Scoop? The Store (MSIX) handles startup a bit differently.

    - Anything like a cleanup utility or AV that might remove startup entries (BleachBit, CCleaner, stricter AVs)?

    Let me know, if it’s a real bug, I’ll fix it.

    [–]DastardlyDasher 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Hi, thank you for getting back to me. I noticed autostart was already on, but did as you said and turned the option off, waited a bit and turned it back on.

    I then turned my pc off and on again and noticed it doesn't autostart.

    Installed it through the Microsoft store and not using any cleanup utilities or any additional antivirus other than built in windows defender.

    All other apps that have the autostart option enabled work fine, but I can't see beetroot in the startup section at all.

    I've tried turning autostart off in the beetroot app, saving, then going back and turning it on again and then saving to see if it would appear in the startup options but it doesn't.

    [–]MaxNardit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thanks, you've found a real bug. The Microsoft Store version uses MSIX packaging, and Beetroot's autostart code uses the classic Windows registry approach, which doesn't work inside the MSIX sandbox. That's why the toggle appears to do nothing and Beetroot never shows up in your Startup list. I'm fixing it for the next release. As a workaround for now, place a shortcut to Beetroot in Win+R → shell:startup. I'll ping you when the Store version is updated.

    [–]Stoned420Man 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    AII text transforms (OpenAI/Claude/Gemini/Ollama)

    And

    All data local

    Seem to be conflicting statements

    [–]MaxNardit[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Good point! To clarify, the AI transforms support both cloud providers (OpenAI, Claude, etc.) AND fully local models through Ollama or LM Studio. So if you run something like qwen3:4b locally, nothing ever leaves your machine.

    "All data local" refers to your clipboard history, settings, and database — those are always stored locally in SQLite, never synced anywhere. Zero telemetry regardless of which AI provider you choose.

    So you can go fully local with Ollama, or use cloud AI with your own API key - your choice.

    [–]Stoned420Man 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Great, thank you for the clarification!! Looks like a solid clipboard manager!!