Text Lens AlternativesScreenshot Capture Tools and other similar apps like Text Lens

Text Lens is described as 'Extract text from anywhere on your screen (OCR). Perfect for capturing text from videos, PDFs, presentations, or any app where copying isn't possible' and is a screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Text Lens for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Text Lens alternative is GImageReader, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Text Lens are NormCap, Capture2text, Text Grab and TextSniper.

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Text Lens alternatives page was last updated Mar 30, 2025
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  1. GImageReader icon

    GImageReader

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

    85 GImageReader alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    GImageReader screenshot 1

    GImageReader Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Image to text
    3.  PDF OCR
    4.  Annotate Screenshot

    GImageReader VS Text Lens

     

    • GImageReader is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Text Lens.

    • GImageReader is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Text Lens.

    • GImageReader is Free and Open SourceText Lens is Paid and Proprietary
  2. NormCap icon

    NormCap

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    OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images.

    57 NormCap alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    NormCap screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Cross-Platform
    3.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    4.  Screenshot OCR
    5.  Image to text
    6.  Portable
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  High-dpi support

    NormCap VS Text Lens

     

    • NormCap is the most popular Mac alternative to Text Lens.

    • NormCap is Free and Open SourceText Lens is Paid and Proprietary
    • NormCap is Privacy focused and LightweightText Lens is not according to our users
  4. Capture2text icon

    Capture2text

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    Capture2Text enables users to quickly OCR a portion of the screen using a keyboard shortcut.

    58 Capture2text alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Capture2text screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The latest version (4.6.3) is from 2022.

    Capture2text Features

    1.  Built-in Screen Capture
    2.  Global hotkey
    3.  Screenshot OCR
    4.  OCR
    5.  Portable

    Capture2text VS Text Lens

     
  5. Text Grab icon

    Text Grab

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Text Grab screenshot 1

    Text Grab Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Screenshot OCR

    Text Grab VS Text Lens

     
  6. TextSniper icon

    TextSniper

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    TextSniper is a super useful app to quickly capture unselectable text. Use it to capture and recognize text from presentations, trainings, screencasts,images, pictures, webpages, video tutorials, photos, PDFs etc. Literally from anywhere on your mac's screen.

    52 TextSniper alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    TextSniper screenshot 1

    TextSniper Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot to text

    TextSniper VS Text Lens

     

    • TextSniper is the most popular commercial alternative to Text Lens.

    • TextSniper is Paid and ProprietaryText Lens is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. Trex icon

    Trex

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    TRex captures any text right into your Clipboard with magic of OCR.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Trex screenshot 1

    Trex Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot OCR
    3.  Homebrew

    Trex VS Text Lens

     
  9. ABBYY Screenshot Reader icon

    ABBYY Screenshot Reader

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    Screenshot Reader is a smart OCR-screenshot application for capturing text and images from any area on your PC screen and extracting text from them or just saving as an image. Prize: 9.99 USD.

    61 ABBYY Screenshot Reader alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ScreenShot Reader

    ABBYY Screenshot Reader Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot OCR
    3.  Multiple languages

    ABBYY Screenshot Reader VS Text Lens

     
  10. GetWindowText icon

    GetWindowText

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    GetWindowText lets you grab text from static system messages via drag-and-drop. The program lets you work with most windows containing text including Edit, Static, Groupbox - Controls, etc.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    GetWindowText screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Portable
    3.  Drag and Drop

    GetWindowText VS Text Lens

     
  11. Frog - Extract Text icon

    Frog - Extract Text

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    Quickly extract text from almost any source: youtube, screencasts, PDFs, webpages, photos, etc. Grab the image and get the text.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • EE flagEstonia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • elementary OS
    Frog - Extract Text screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Extract text from image

    Frog - Extract Text VS Text Lens

     
  12. dpScreenOCR icon

    dpScreenOCR

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    Program to recognize text on screen.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    dpScreenOCR screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Screenshot OCR

    dpScreenOCR VS Text Lens

     
  13. Pot Translator icon

    Pot Translator

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    A cross-platform software for text translation and recognition.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Built-in Dictionary
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Text to Speech
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Full-Text Search
    9.  Spell Checking
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Screenshot OCR
    12.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts

    Pot Translator VS Text Lens

     
  14. Textify icon

    Textify

     22 likes
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    Have you ever wanted to copy some text from a dialog box which doesn’t provide such functionality?

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Textify screenshot 1

    Textify Features

    1.  Portable

    Textify VS Text Lens

     
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