NormCap

NormCap is an OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture text information instead of images.

NormCap is an OCR powered screen-capture tool designed to capture information instead of images. Users capture a region of their screen to extract text content directly to the clipboard. The software runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows operating systems. It relies on Tesseract as its OCR engine and zxing-cpp for QR and barcode detection. The application provides prebuilt releases and a Python package installation option for users with Python 3.10 or higher.

NormCap at a glance

Best for: Writer, Student
Runs on: Linux, macOS, Windows
Pricing: Free
Released: August 2019
Category: AI productivity tool
Website: github.com/dynobo/normcap

Key features

Capture screen regions for text extraction
Detect QR and barcodes
Copy extracted text to clipboard
Support UI translations via Weblate
Run via prebuilt installers or Python package

Use it for

Extracting text from images on screen
Capturing QR codes from desktop content
Copying non-selectable text from applications

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