Alternatives to NormCap
A screen capture tool that runs OCR on what you select, so you get the text rather than a picture of it. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
NormCap
A screen capture tool that runs OCR on what you select, so you get the text rather than a picture of it.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as NormCap.
ScreenTranslator
A tray tool that captures part of the screen, reads the text with OCR and translates it.
ScreenTranslator also reads screen text with OCR and adds translation, but it relies on online services, lacks macOS support and is described by its developer as almost abandoned.
ShareX
A Windows capture tool that screenshots, records, annotates and uploads, all driven by hotkeys.
ShareX includes OCR among many capture, recording and upload features, free under GPL-3.0, but it is Windows only and far more complex than a single-purpose tool.
Shottr
Fast Mac screenshot tool with scrolling capture, OCR, and annotation.
Shottr offers OCR text extraction within a screenshot tool with scrolling capture and annotation, but it is macOS only, closed source and freemium.
TextSniper
A macOS OCR utility that extracts text from any selected area of the screen.
TextSniper is a paid, closed-source macOS OCR utility that copies text from images, videos and PDFs with one shortcut, but has no Windows or Linux version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Flameshot
A cross-platform screenshot tool that drops annotation controls right on top of the selection.
ksnip
A screenshot tool with annotation that works on Wayland, which several better-known ones still do not.
Greenshot
A small Windows screenshot tool that captures a region, window or screen and annotates it in one step.
Xnapper
A macOS screenshot app that frames captures with backgrounds and hides sensitive information automatically.
