use case · ask ai about your screen
AI can't see your screen. Show it exactly what you mean.
Half of what you'd ask ChatGPT or Claude is about something you're looking at — an error, a chart, a clause, a number that can't be right. Don't translate it into a paragraph of description. Show the thing itself and explain what you need in your own words — both land in the chat in one paste.
can chatgpt see my screen?
No — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot see only what you choose to hand them. That's good for privacy, but it leaves you doing the describing. CroppickVoice turns the hand-over into one gesture: crop the exact part of the screen, mark it up while you ask your question out loud, and paste. The screenshot carries what you see; your words carry what you want to know.
circle part of your screen and ask
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Press Alt `
Drag over the error, the chart, the clause — recording starts as you drag.
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Mark it up while you ask
Circle the number, arrow the button, box the sentence — and say what you want to know about it.
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Paste into the chat
One paste: the annotated screenshot and your question, already written out, ready to send.
how it lands in chatgpt, claude or a terminal
Any chat that accepts a pasted image — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot — gets the picture and your words together. Text-only places like terminals get your words plus the image's file location instead, which is exactly what a tool like Claude Code can use. How delivery adapts per app →
the follow-up, without the typing
Once the screenshot has done its job, the rest is conversation — press Ctrl ` and your reply lands in the chat box as editable text. The Prompt voice mode can turn a spoken ramble into a clear request before it lands — free on the built-in local model or your own Ollama server, and Pro can route it through your own OpenAI or Claude account. More on dictating to ChatGPT and to Claude.
private by default
By default your speech becomes text on your device and screenshots stay in a local folder — audio isn't uploaded to anyone, and the app tracks nothing about you. The AI sees exactly what you paste, and only that. The full network-use table →
Windows 10/11 today — macOS and Linux builds are on the way. Also see dictating to ChatGPT, dictating to Claude and dictation for students.