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 25 alternatives to TextSniper for a variety of platforms, including Windows, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android apps. The best TextSniper alternative is OSS Document Scanner, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TextSniper are GImageReader, Crow Translate, Snagit and NormCap.

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TextSniper alternatives page was last updated Sep 18, 2024
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  1. OSS Document Scanner icon
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    OSS Document Scanner

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    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.

    57 OSS Document Scanner alternatives
    OSS Document Scanner screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Scan documents
    2.  Export to PDF
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Built-in viewer
    5.  OCR
    6.  Mobile Scanner
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Screenshot OCR
    11.  WebDAV Sync
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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 LightweightTextSniper is not according to our users
  2. GImageReader icon
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    GImageReader

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

    79 GImageReader alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    GImageReader Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Image to text
    3.  PDF OCR
    4.  Annotate Screenshot
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    • GImageReader is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to TextSniper.

    • GImageReader is Free and Open SourceTextSniper is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Crow Translate icon
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    Crow Translate

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    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.

    72 Crow Translate alternatives
    Crow Translate screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Translator
    2.  Online translation
    3.  Real-time translation
    4.  OCR
    5.  Sits in the System Tray
    6.  Desktop Application
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  Works Offline
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    Adobe Scan

    The Adobe Scan scanner app turns your device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to save to multiple file formats including PDF and JPEG.

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    Snagit

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    The ultimate screen capture tool. With Snagit’s capture, edit, organize and share technology… it’s easy to create engaging visuals that grab attention and keep it. Let images do the talking for you.

    191 Snagit alternatives
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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Top Snagit Features

    1.  Full-page Screenshot
    2.  Edit screenshots
    3.  Upload Screenshot
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Annotate Screenshot
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  OCR
    10.  Upload directly to YouTube
    11.  Auto Scrolling
    12.  Upload directly to Dropbox
    13.  Multiple languages
    14.  Freeform capture
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    • Snagit is the most popular Mac alternative to TextSniper.

    • Snagit is the most popular commercial alternative to TextSniper.

    • Snagit is Paid and ProprietaryTextSniper is also Paid and Proprietary
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    NormCap

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

    53 NormCap alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    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
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  8. CamScanner icon
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    CamScanner

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

    116 CamScanner alternatives
    CamScanner screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Top CamScanner Features

    1.  Annotate Screenshot
    2.  Export to PDF
    3.  Scanner
    4.  Mobile Scanner
    5.  No registration required
    6.  PDF OCR
    7.  Scan to PDF
    8.  Sync with Google Drive
    9.  Sync with Dropbox
    10.  Document structure management
    11.  Support for Batch Mode
    12.  Client side encryption
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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
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    OpenScan

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    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.".

    106 OpenScan alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Scan documents
    2.  Photo scan
    3.  Scanner
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Sign PDF files
    6.  Built-in viewer
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Fill PDF Forms
    9.  Mobile Scanner
    10.  No registration required
    Discontinued

    Not under active development.https://github.com/ethereal-developers/OpenScan#psa

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    Open Scanner

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

    52 Open Scanner alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  PDF annotation
    5.  OCR
    6.  Sign PDF files
    7.  Mobile Scanner
    8.  Sync with iCloud
    9.  AI-Powered
    10.  Scanner
    11.  Video annotation
    12.  Scan to PDF
    13.  Document Annotations
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  12. Capture2text icon
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    Capture2text

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

    54 Capture2text alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Capture2text Features

    1.  Built-in Screen Capture
    2.  Global hotkey
    3.  Screenshot OCR
    4.  OCR
    5.  Portable
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    Available for windows free of cost and very quick, effective and very less resource consuming...

    Positive comment •Mar 30, 2021
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    • Capture2text is Free and Open SourceTextSniper is Paid and Proprietary
  13. Microsoft Lens icon
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    Microsoft Lens

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    Microsoft Lens trims, enhances, and makes pictures of whiteboards and docs readable. You can use Office Lens to convert images to PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, and you can even save images to OneNote or OneDrive.

    75 Microsoft Lens alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Top Microsoft Lens Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Keystone correction
    3.  Deskew
    4.  PDF OCR
    5.  Mobile Scanner
    6.  Scan to JPEG
    7.  Scan to PDF
    8.  Scan to word
    9.  Export to PDF
    10.  Convert images to PDF
    11.  Particle Engine
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  14. Trex icon
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    Trex

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

    2 Trex alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Trex Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot OCR
    3.  Homebrew
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  15. Text Grab icon
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    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.

    55 Text Grab alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Text Grab Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot OCR
    Full-Screen Mode
    Grab Frame Mode
    +1
    Quick Simple Lookup
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