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The best alternative to TextSniper is OSS Document Scanner, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to TextSniper and nine of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to TextSniper are Notebloc, GetWindowText, Frog - Extract Text and QuickScan.

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TextSniper alternatives are mainly Document Scanners, but if you're looking for Image Scanners or OCR Engines you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Mac and iPhone. 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 TextSniper.
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  1. OSS Document Scanner icon

    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.

    68 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    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
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. QuickScan icon

    QuickScan

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    The app is 100% FREE, with NO ads and NO data collection. Donations are possible to support the project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  7. TextShot icon

    TextShot

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    TextShot is the ultimate tool for extracting text from images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. SikuliX icon

    SikuliX

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

    67 SikuliX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Textify - Image to Text PDF icon

    Textify - Image to Text PDF

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    Text recognition finally made easy, super efficient and confidential (no server, your data stays on your device). Textify analyzes images, recognizes text, and creates PDF files with the text integrated such that the files are searchable. Or you can simply export to a .txt file.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. picatext icon

    picatext

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    You need to get the text out of an image or from anywhere on your screen? With picatext this is as easy as selecting a file or a screen area. So now you can get the text you need in almost no time. No need to tediously typewrite everything again.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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