TextShot offers the ability to take a screenshot and copy to the clipboard the text content of the screenshot. It’s free and open source.
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TextSnatcher – perform OCR operations
TextSnatcher is a simple front-end that lets you copy text from images. It uses the Tesseract OCR 4.x for the character recognition.
Read moreTesseract – optical character recognition engine
Tesseract runs from the command line. It can only process an image of a single column and create text from it.
Read moreOCRFeeder – document layout analysis and optical character recognition system
OCRFeeder is a free open source software desktop OCR suite for the GNOME desktop environment. It features a GTK+ graphical user interface.
Read moreOCRopus – Python-based tools for document analysis and OCR
ocropy (referred to as OCRopus) is an OCR system written in Python, NumPy, and SciPy focusing on the use of large scale machine learning.
Read moregscan2pdf – GUI to produce PDFs or DjVus from scanned documents
gscan2pdf is a graphical user interface to produce PDFs or DjVus from scanned documents. gscan2pdf is free and open source software.
Read moregImageReader – simple Gtk/Qt front-end to Tesseract
gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to Tesseract, a popular optical character recognition engine. Free and open source.
Read moreLios – ocr software
linux-intelligent-ocr-solution (Lios) is a free and open source software for converting print into text using either a scanner or a camera.
Read morehocr-tools – manipulate and evaluate hOCR format
hocr-tools is a set of tools for manipulating and evaluating the hOCR format for representing multi-lingual OCR results.
Read moreOcrad – OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software based on a feature extraction method
Ocrad is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program based on a feature extraction method. Free and open source software.
Read moreGOCR – OCR software
GOCR is an optical character recognition program. It reads images in many formats and outputs a text file.
Read moreghostwriter – distraction-free Markdown editor
ghostwriter is a distraction-free Markdown editor with full screen mode and a clean interface. ghostwriter is free and open source software.
Read morePyRoom – distraction free writing
PyRoom is an editor that stays out your way – and keeps other things out of your way, too. PyRoom is free and open source software.
Read moreBibisco – novel writing software
Bibisco is an open source application for writing novels. With bibisco you can organize chapters and scenes, manage revisions, export novels.
Read moreFocusWriter – distraction-free writing environment
FocusWriter is a distraction-free word processor using a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen.
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