TextSniper Alternatives for Windows

TextSniper 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 GImageReader or Crow Translate. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to TextSniper and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to TextSniper are NormCap, CamScanner, Capture2text and dpScreenOCR.

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TextSniper alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools, but if you're looking for Document Scanners or Screen Casting Tools 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. Snagit icon

    Snagit

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    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.

    201 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
  2. GImageReader icon

    GImageReader

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

    89 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
  4. Crow Translate icon

    Crow Translate

     36 likes
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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.

    78 Crow Translate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  7. CamScanner icon

    CamScanner

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

    122 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
  8. Capture2text icon

    Capture2text

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    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...

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    • Capture2text is Free and Open SourceTextSniper is Paid and Proprietary
  11. 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.

    62 Text Grab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. 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.

    62 ABBYY Screenshot Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. 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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  14. Textify icon

    Textify

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

    22 Textify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  15. Kaizen OCR icon

    Kaizen OCR

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    Kaizen OCR is a free, lightweight desktop app for Windows that lets you extract text from images, screenshots in seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Kaizen OCR integrates directly into your Windows right-click context menu. Simply right-click any image file and select "KaizenOCR" to extract text instantly — no need to open the app manually.
     
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