To copy text using PowerToys, install and launch the tool, select Text Extractor > Open Settings, turn on "Enable Text Extractor," and use Windows+Shift+T to perform the task.

Text Lens will also allow you to copy text from saved files on your Mac: You can import images, PDFs, or other files, and Text Lens will copy everything on the page.

It's such a simple operation, you'd think everyone already knows how to copy, cut, and paste. But my father has asked me how to do this several times, ...

Text Lens is a Mac app by Sindre Sorhus. It lets you select text that you otherwise cannot copy, such as text from PDFs, images, videos, and more.