Microsoft Lens Alternatives for Windows

Microsoft Lens is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Snagit. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try CamScanner or GImageReader. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Lens and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Microsoft Lens are NormCap, Crow Translate, Capture2text and dpScreenOCR.

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Microsoft Lens alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools, but if you're looking for Document Scanners or OCR Engines you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Open Source, Windows, Mac, Linux and Scan documents. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Microsoft Lens.
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  1. Snagit icon

    Snagit

     201 likes

    Advanced screen capture and recording tool enabling image or video captures directly from your screen. Includes editing features like callouts, transparency, and effects to enhance visuals. Organize and easily share creations through documents, presentations, or favorite applications.

    215 Snagit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  2. CamScanner icon

    CamScanner

     73 likes

    Your portable scanner. Use your camera to get high quality scans of paper documents, receipts, notes and more. Anytime, anywhere.

    128 CamScanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • CamScanner is Freemium and ProprietaryMicrosoft Lens is Free and Proprietary
  4. GImageReader icon

    GImageReader

     74 likes

    gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to the Tesseract OCR Engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Crow Translate

     36 likes

    Crow Translate is a simple and lightweight translator programmed in C++ / Qt that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing translate API.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  12. Text Grab icon

    Text Grab

     6 likes

    Text Grab is a minimal optical character recognition (OCR) utility for Windows 10/11 which makes all visible text available to be copied.

    67 Text Grab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. Readiris icon

    Readiris

     9 likes

    PDF and OCR publishing software (optical character recognition) for MAC & WINDOWS. Do you dream of an intelligent PDF and OCR solution to intuitively manage your documents? You've found it.

    65 Readiris alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  14. Photo Scan icon

    Photo Scan

     1 like

    Photo Scan lets you extract text from Images or Photos very easily and efficiently!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
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  15. SikuliX icon

    SikuliX

     7 likes

    SikuliX automates anything you see on the screen of your desktop computer running Windows, Mac or some Linux/Unix. It uses image recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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