Microsoft PowerToys 0.62.0 Adds Screen Ruler, Quick Accent, Text Extractor

Tools are the quiet extensions of human intention — and with each iteration of Microsoft PowerToys, the distance between what a person imagines and what a computer can do grows a little shorter. Version 0.62.0, released in September 2022, adds three new utilities to this free Windows suite: a pixel-measuring screen ruler, a multilingual accent shortcut called Quick Accent, and a Text Extractor that reads words from images directly into the clipboard. As with most expansions of capability, the update arrives not without friction — certain devices and configurations will need patience before the