The phrase "allows users to extract" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a feature or functionality of a software application or tool that enables users to retrieve or obtain specific data or information.
Example: "The new software update allows users to extract detailed reports from the database with just a few clicks."
Alternatives: "enables users to retrieve" or "permits users to obtain".
The qpspec task allows users to extract a background corrected spectrum from a QPOE file for use in PROS or for export to other analysis systems.
We have paired global, summarized layers available for download with an online data querying platform that allows users to extract data for specific point locations with finer control of summary statistics.
The XEI software allows users to extract several information from the sample surface by utilizing various analysis tools and also by providing the ability to remove certain artifacts from scan data.
Google Friend Connect is an API and application that allows users to extract their social graph data from various networks and then use the data in other applications that support the API.
The MAF to interval converter allows users to extract genomic interval information from an alignment.
ADAM also allows users to extract the relevant AMP structures according to CATH or SCOP classification by the underneath hyperlinks.
The -L option of PROCOV's command line arguments allows user to extract ln(l_cov) and ln(l_ras) for each site.
The tool, which is based on traditional pipetting techniques, uses a microvalve switch to regulate the flow of fluid, allowing users to extract single cells or move small amounts of liquids more efficiently.
SCORPION2 has a set of search and prediction tools that allow users to extract and perform specific queries: text searches of scorpion toxin records, sequence similarity search, extraction of sequences, visualization of scorpion toxin structures, analysis of toxic activity, and functional annotation of previously uncharacterized scorpion toxins.
The conversation turned very interesting when moderator Tantek Celik pointed out a post by David Recordon that showed how Facebook is blocking Google's Friend Connect product, and not allowing users to extract their Facebook social graph through Google.
Besides their iPhone client, Memonic is working on releasing a Windows clipper that allow users to extract information from any document that can be opened on a Windows PC. "No matter where you can see any type of content you should be able to capture it and work with it" says Birrer.
