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Capture2TextUmi-OCR
Free

Free under the GNU General Public License.

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Windows Windows, Linux, Command line
  • Copies recognized text to the clipboard
  • Includes line and speech bubble capture modes
  • Runs fully offline with a built-in OCR engine
  • Screenshot, batch image and PDF recognition
  • The translation feature requires internet access.
  • No macOS build
  • Documentation is primarily in Chinese, with English and Japanese READMEs
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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