Windows PowerToys, a collection of utilities developed by the Windows 95 shell team and distributed free of charge to the community.  Use the activation shortcut (by default, that's Windows key + Shift + T, although you can change it), then select a section of the image containing the text you want: a scanned page from a magazine or book or a legal filing, say, or a picture of a sign describing a historical marker.  Also: How to keep track of your mouse pointer with the PowerToys Mouse utilitiesOther stuffOr maybe you're a network-savvy Windows geek who finds Hosts File Editor a super-easy way of managing a local hosts file