ScreenTranslator/README.md
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Screen Translator

Introduction

This software allows you to translate any text on screen. Basically it is a combination of screen capture, OCR and translation tools.

Installation

Windows: download and run the installer from github releases page.

Linux: install dependencies and build from source (edit .pro, qmake && make). Also download data files for tesseract.

OS X: currently not supported.

Usage

  1. Run program (note that it doesn't have main window).
  2. Press capture hotkey.
  3. Select region on screen.
  4. Get translation of recognized text.

Features

  • Many OCR languages (can be modified dynamically)
  • Global hotkeys for main actions
  • Copy last translation to clipboard
  • Repeat last translation
  • Show result in 2 ways (widget or tray baloon)
  • Preprocess (scale) recognizeable image
  • Interface languages (ru, eng)

Limitations

  • Works only on primary screen
  • Can not capture some dynamic web-pages
  • Not very precise OCR
  • Not all functions are cross-platform (may be bugged on some systems)

Dependencies