CopyFish

What is CopyFish

CopyFish is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool that allows users to extract text from images, videos, and PDFs. It is available as a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, and can also be used to capture text from desktop applications. The tool is free and offers language support for various languages. By using CopyFish, users can avoid the need to retype text and can easily store, email, or translate extracted text.

Key Features of CopyFish

- Supported Platforms: Compatible with Chrome, Edge, and Firefox browsers.

- Desktop OCR Support: Capable of extracting text from documents, file menus, browser extensions, web pages, presentations, games, or PDF files.

- Screenshot Reader: Converts text from any screen capture into an editable format without retyping.

- Simple Activation: Easily trigger desktop capture by right-clicking the Copyfish icon and selecting Desktop Text Capture.

- Comprehensive Language Support: Offers OCR in multiple languages including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and many more.

- Open-Source Availability: Copyfish is 100% open-source, ensuring transparency and community contributions.

- Easy Installation: Add desktop OCR support with the UI.Vision XModule, available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

- Online OCR API: Provides a free OCR API accessible with online support, FAQ, and forums to assist users.

- Enhanced Privacy: Features robust privacy policies to protect user data.

- Multi-Usage: Ideal for extracting text from photographs, charts, diagrams, screenshots, PDF documents, memes, and even YouTube videos.

- User-Friendly: Designed to make text extraction faster and more enjoyable compared to manual retyping.

- Integrated with RPA: Provides Robotic Process Automation (RPA) capabilities powered by OCR, available as free extensions in major browsers.