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Capture2TextNormCap
Free

Free under the GNU General Public License.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Windows Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Copies recognized text to the clipboard
  • Includes line and speech bubble capture modes
  • Captures text rather than an image, straight to the clipboard
  • Tesseract recognition with support for many languages
  • The translation feature requires internet access.
  • The macOS application is unsigned and must be allowed manually on first start
  • The Linux AppImage is deprecated in favour of Flathub
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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