ChatGPT desktop app adds Appshots feature to read off-screen text
ChatGPT’s desktop application now includes a feature called Appshots that captures both a visual snapshot and the hidden text of the active window. By pressing a single hotkey—left and right Command keys on macOS or left and right Alt keys on Windows—users can send the full extracted content to ChatGPT without manually taking, saving, and attaching screenshots.
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Compare documents with Appshots
Extracts hidden text from the active window and sends it to ChatGPT in one step.
- Who for
- marketers
- Cost
- Price not stated
- Effort
- minutes
- Already included in
- ChatGPT desktop app
Use it for
- Extract hidden text
- Compare documents
- Summarize policies
How to set it up · From the article
- Press left+right Command (macOS) or Alt (Windows) to capture
- Ask ChatGPT a question about the extracted text
Watch out Only on macOS and Windows
Key points from the news
- Appshots captures a visual snapshot and hidden text from the active window with one hotkey in the ChatGPT desktop app.
- The feature works on macOS (Command keys) and Windows (Alt keys) and is available now for ChatGPT desktop users.
- It lets users ask ChatGPT about content beyond the visible screen, improving workflow for documents like policies.
The tool is positioned for scenarios like an HR manager reviewing a long policy document, allowing a prompt such as “What does this policy say about remote work eligibility?” to be answered from the entire document, even text that was scrolled out of view. Mint’s “AI tool of the week” highlights the feature, and the article notes that Jaspreet Bindra and Anuj Magazine are co‑founders of AI&Beyond.
Appshots is available now in the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS and Windows, requiring no additional setup for each use.
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livemint.com · 25 September 2026
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