TextSniper Alternatives

TextSniper is described as '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' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to TextSniper for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Android, iPhone and iPad apps. The best TextSniper alternative is OSS Document Scanner, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TextSniper are Snagit, GImageReader, NormCap and Crow Translate.

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  1. OSS Document Scanner icon

    OSS Document Scanner

     59 likes

    The OSS Document Scanner is an Open Source app to scan all your documents. You either scan using your camera or by importing an image. The app will automatically detect you document within the photo and will crop the image.

    70 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
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    • OSS Document Scanner is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to TextSniper.

    • OSS Document Scanner is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TextSniper.

    • OSS Document Scanner is Free and Open SourceTextSniper is Paid and Proprietary
    • OSS Document Scanner is Lightweight and Privacy focusedTextSniper is not according to our users
  2. Snagit icon

    Snagit

     200 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.

    202 Snagit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Snagit is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to TextSniper.

    • Snagit is the most popular commercial alternative to TextSniper.

    • Snagit is Paid and ProprietaryTextSniper is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. GImageReader icon

    GImageReader

     74 likes

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

    90 GImageReader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • GImageReader is the most popular Linux alternative to TextSniper.

    • GImageReader is Free and Open SourceTextSniper is Paid and Proprietary
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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.

    78 Crow Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    Open Scanner

     11 likes

    Open Scanner is a fast and simple-to-use paper-scanning app with AI features to speed up your scanning workflow:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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  10. CamScanner icon

    CamScanner

     71 likes

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

    125 CamScanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • CamScanner is the most popular Web-based, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to TextSniper.

    • CamScanner is Freemium and ProprietaryTextSniper is Paid and Proprietary
  11. OpenScan icon

    OpenScan

     26 likes

    OpenScan is an open source app that enables users to scan hardcopies of documents or notes and convert it to PDF or JPEG files. Its motto is "No ads. No data collection. We respect your privacy.".

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
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  12. Capture2text icon

    Capture2text

     34 likes

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

    59 Capture2text alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Available for windows free of cost and very quick, effective and very less resource consuming...

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Capture2text is Free and Open SourceTextSniper is Paid and Proprietary
  13. Text Lens icon

    Text Lens

     5 likes

    Extract text from anywhere on your screen (OCR). Perfect for capturing text from videos, PDFs, presentations, or any app where copying isn't possible.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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