Copying Text Content Shared During A Video Conference
Selections of content shared from a remote device during a video conference are copied to a destination of a computing device connected to the video conference live or at which a recording of the video conference is viewed. The content shared from the remote device during the video conference is output at a display of the computing device. A portion of the content is selected according to an instruction received from a user of the computing device while output at the display of the computing device to copy to a destination associated with software running at the computing device. The portion of the content is identified using a machine vision process performed against the content while output at the display of the computing device. The portion of the content is then copied to the destination.
1 . A method, comprising:
performing, while text content shared from a remote device during a video conference is output for display at a computing device, optical character recognition to configure the text content for copying;
determining formatting information for the text content; and
copying, according to the formatting information, the text content to a destination associated with the computing device.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the optical character recognition to configure the text content for copying comprises:
performing the optical character recognition based on a user instruction to copy the text content, wherein the user instruction is received while the text content is output for display at the computing device.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the optical character recognition to configure the text content for copying comprises:
performing the optical character recognition while the text content is output for display at the computing device; and
receiving a user instruction to copy the text content after the optical character recognition is performed.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the formatting information for the text content comprises:
extracting, from the text content, metadata indicating one or more of an arrangement or an appearance of the text content.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the formatting information corresponds to one or more of a margin, an indentation, a font, a line break, a paragraph break, or a bullet point.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein copying the text content to the destination associated with the computing device comprises:
writing the text content to a cache at the computing device; and
copying the text content to the destination from the cache.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the optical character recognition is performed while the computing device is connected to the video conference.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the optical character recognition is performed while a recording of the video conference is output for display at the computing device.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the optical character recognition is performed based on a user instruction received via a client application associated with the video conference.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the destination is a file stored at or a software service accessed using the computing device.
11 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
performing, while text content shared from a remote device during a video conference is output for display at a computing device, optical character recognition to configure the text content for copying;
determining formatting information for the text content; and
copying, according to the formatting information, the text content to a destination associated with the computing device.
12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the optical character recognition is performed based on or prior to a user instruction to copy the text content.
13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the formatting information is determined by extracting, from the text content, information associated with one or more of a margin, an indentation, a font, a line break, a paragraph break, or a bullet point.
14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the optical character recognition is performed while the computing device is connected to the video conference or while a recording of the video conference is output for display at the computing device.
15 . An apparatus, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:
perform, while text content shared from a remote device during a video conference is output for display at a computing device, optical character recognition to configure the text content for copying;
determine formatting information for the text content; and
copy, according to the formatting information, the text content to a destination associated with the computing device.
16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the optical character recognition is performed based on a user instruction to copy the text content.
17 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the optical character recognition is performed prior to a receipt of a user instruction to copy the text content.
18 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the formatting information corresponds to metadata indicative of one or more of an arrangement or an appearance of the text content.
19 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the optical character recognition is performed by a client application associated with the video conference.
20 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the optical character recognition is performed during the video conference or after the video conference has ended.