To quickly switch between 3 languages, use the OCR language quick access keys: Windows Key + 1, Windows Key + 2, and Windows Key + 3. To change the OCR language, right-click the Capture2Text tray icon, select the OCR Language option and then select the desired language. The OCR'd text will be placed in the clipboard and a popup showing the captured text will appear (the popup may be disabled in the settings).Īs with all OCR captures, you must manually select the language that you would like to OCR from the settings. Press the OCR hotkey again (or left-click or press ENTER) to complete the OCR capture.You may hold down the right mouse button and drag to move the entire capture box. Move your mouse to resize the blue capture box over the text that you want to OCR.

Press the OCR hotkey (Windows Key + Q) to begin an OCR capture.

Position your mouse pointer at the top-left corner of the text that you want to OCR.

The following OCR languages are supported:įollow these steps to perform a standard OCR capture using the capture box:

Drag all files contained within the zip file to the tessdata folder:.

Open the '.zip' file you just downloaded with 7-Zip or similar decompression software.

Download the appropriate OCR language dictionary.

Will have to click on the 'Show hidden icons' arrow).īy default Capture2Text comes packaged with the following languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.įollow these steps if you would like to install additional OCR languages:

You should see the Capture2Text icon on theīottom-right of your screen (though it might be hidden in which case you

How to Launch Capture2Text (no installation required) Note: Windows XP support has been dropped as of Capture2Text v4.0. The latest version can be found on the Capture2Text download page hosted by SourceForge. The resulting text will be saved to the clipboard by default.Ĭapture2Text is free and licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Related Tools for Japanese Language LearnersĬapture2Text enables users to quickly OCR a portion of the screen using a.

How to Perform a Forward Text Line OCR Capture.

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