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# Screen Translator
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## Introduction
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This software allows you to translate any text on screen.
Basically it is a combination of screen capture, OCR and translation tools.
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## Installation
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**Windows**: download archive from [github releases ](https://github.com/OneMoreGres/ScreenTranslator/releases ) page, extract it and run `.exe` file.
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**Linux**: download `.AppImage` file from [github releases ](https://github.com/OneMoreGres/ScreenTranslator/releases ), make executable (`chmod +x < file > `) and run it.
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**OS X**: currently not supported.
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## Usage
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1. Run program (note that it doesn't have main window).
2. Press capture hotkey.
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3. Select region on screen. Customize it if needed.
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4. Get translation of recognized text.
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5. Check for updates if something is not working.
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## Limitations
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* Can not capture some dynamic web-pages/full screen applications
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## Dependencies
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* see [Qt 5 ](https://qt-project.org/ )
* see [Tesseract ](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/ )
* see [Leptonica ](https://leptonica.com/ )
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* several online translation services
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## Attributions
* icons made by [Smashicons ](https://www.flaticon.com/authors/smashicons )
from [Flaticon ](https://www.flaticon.com/ )
