Copyfish

Spec sheet

Purpose

Copyfish extracts text from images, videos, and PDFs so it can be copied, pasted, or translated.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Free plan

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · ocr.space

Privacy

The maker says local OCR runs completely offline and no image data leaves the computer.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Support

The maker directs users to the Copyfish help page and OCR software forum for technical support.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Company

OCR.space is a service of a9t9 software GmbH, whose office is listed in Heidelberg, Germany.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Browser support

The extension runs in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Desktop capture

With the XModules2 app, Copyfish can capture text from desktop documents, menus, webpages, presentations, and games.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Desktop dependency

Desktop capture and local OCR require the XModules2 desktop automation module.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Handwriting OCR

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · ocr.space

OCR engines

Copyfish offers three OCR engines, including handwriting, table, and markdown OCR in Engine 3; Engine 3 supports more than 200 languages and can be slower on larger images.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Offline OCR

Local OCR runs offline on the user's machine, and the maker says no image data leaves the computer; offline OCR has fewer languages and somewhat reduced accuracy than online OCR.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Online OCR data handling

OCR.space says hosted OCR documents are deleted after processing, except searchable PDFs, which remain available for 60 minutes before deletion.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Open source

Copyfish is free and open-source software published under the GPL license, with source code on GitHub.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

Primary platform

bothRead 21 Sep 2026 · ocr.space

Supported inputs

bothRead 21 Sep 2026 · ocr.space

Translation integrations

Copyfish can send extracted text to Google Translate or DeepL and supports translator extensions and popup dictionaries.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ocr.space

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