Capture2Text

Spec sheet

What it does

Capture2Text uses a keyboard shortcut to OCR part of the screen and saves the resulting text to the clipboard by default.Read 11 Oct 2026 · capture2text.sourceforge.net

Free plan

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · capture2text.org

Integrations

The project page lists Google Translate support, and the manual describes an option to call an executable after OCR completes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Privacy

The manual specifies that translation requires internet access; the project page does not state an overall security certification or compliance standard.Read 11 Oct 2026 · capture2text.sourceforge.net

License

The project is free and licensed under the GNU General Public License; SourceForge specifies GPLv3.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Automation

A command-line program can OCR image files or a screen rectangle and send output to a file or standard output.Read 11 Oct 2026 · capture2text.sourceforge.net

Language controls

For Chinese and Japanese, users can choose vertical, horizontal, or automatic text orientation, and the manual says Japanese capture attempts to strip furigana.Read 11 Oct 2026 · capture2text.sourceforge.net

Languages

The manual lists more than 90 supported OCR languages; English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish are included by default.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Notable limit

The manual says translation is unavailable for some OCR languages, which are omitted from the translation options.Read 11 Oct 2026 · capture2text.sourceforge.net

OCR modes

It supports standard screen captures, automatic text-line capture, forward text-line capture, and capture of text inside an enclosed comic speech or thought bubble.Read 11 Oct 2026 · capture2text.sourceforge.net

Platform

The maker's manual lists Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, and Windows 10 as supported operating systems.Read 11 Oct 2026 · capture2text.sourceforge.net

Portability

Capture2Text runs without installation: unzip the package and launch Capture2Text.exe.Read 11 Oct 2026 · capture2text.sourceforge.net

Supported inputs

imageRead 22 Sep 2026 · capture2text.org

Text to speech

The manual describes text-to-speech controls for voice, rate, pitch, and volume by OCR language.Read 11 Oct 2026 · capture2text.sourceforge.net

Translation

Capture2Text can append translations to the clipboard or show them beside OCR text in a popup, but translation requires internet access and some OCR languages are unsupported.Read 11 Oct 2026 · capture2text.sourceforge.net

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• OCR software#37 of 407.3