screenshot/OCR/translation desktop tool
eSearch is a cross-platform Electron desktop utility that captures screenshots (including scrolling), performs offline OCR, and provides translation, web/reverse-image search, screen pinning, and screen recording in one workflow.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
Choose on macOS for a native non-Electron implementation with OCR+translate, screenshot, scroll capture, and recording, giving similar core coverage with lower overhead.
Feature-packed native macOS screenshot & recording tool: annotate, auto-redact PII, record GIFs, OCR + translate, scroll capture, beautify, and more. No Electron, no subscription.
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
Choose when you want a cross-platform OCR/translation-only utility and don't need eSearch's screenshot editing, pinning, or recording extras.
🌈一个跨平台的划词翻译和OCR软件 | A cross-platform software for text translation and recognition.
Choose on Windows for a native WPF OCR/translate tool when you want to avoid Electron and don't need eSearch's broader capture/recording features.
A ready-to-go translation ocr tool developed with WPF/WPF 开发的一款即用即走的翻译、OCR工具
Consider for the same screenshot+OCR+translate workflow, but only if you accept that this project has had no pushes in over 1.7 years and is no longer actively maintained.
🚀 Screenshots, word marking, OCR, AI, translation software || 截图、划词、文字识别、AI、翻译软件
Choose on Windows when you need a very deep screenshot/recorder/upload tool and can live without built-in translation, since ShareX's OCR/text workflow lacks translate.
ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations.
Choose on macOS for a mature dictionary/translate/OCR utility instead of eSearch when you don't need screenshot annotation or recording.
Bob 是一款 macOS 平台的翻译和 OCR 软件。
Choose on macOS for a dictionary-first translator with offline OCR when eSearch's screenshot and recorder features are unwanted.
一个简洁优雅的词典翻译 macOS App。开箱即用，支持离线 OCR 识别，支持有道词典，🍎 苹果系统词典，🍎 苹果系统翻译，OpenAI，Gemini，DeepL，Google，Bing，腾讯，百度，阿里，小牛，彩云和火山翻译。A concise and elegant Dictionary and Translator macOS App for looking up words and translating text.
Choose for a basic cross-platform OCR-only Java app if you don't need translation and can tolerate no pushes since over 2 years.
树洞 OCR 文字识别（一款跨平台的 OCR 小工具）
Choose when the job is dedicated offline OCR from screenshots/batch/PDF and you don't need translation, search, or recording.
OCR software, free and offline. 开源、免费的离线OCR软件。支持截屏/批量导入图片，PDF文档识别，排除水印/页眉页脚，扫描/生成二维码。内置多国语言库。
These projects were analysed and named eSearch among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how eSearch rates them is a separate judgement, made when eSearch is analysed in its own right.
calls eSearch “when you want a cross-platform screenshot tool that also provides offline OCR, search, and translation in one app.”
OCR software, free and offline. 开源、免费的离线OCR软件。支持截屏/批量导入图片，PDF文档识别，排除水印/页眉页脚，扫描/生成二维码。内置多国语言库。
calls eSearch “Cross-platform screenshot/OCR/translate/recording suite, a direct ShareX-like alternative.”
ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations.
calls eSearch “Same class: cross-platform desktop OCR/translation tool; also adds screenshot, screen recording, and image search.”
🌈一个跨平台的划词翻译和OCR软件 | A cross-platform software for text translation and recognition.
calls eSearch “Choose it if you want a cross-platform screen tool that also does image search and recording.”
Bob 是一款 macOS 平台的翻译和 OCR 软件。
calls eSearch “screenshot/OCR/translate app; choose for offline OCR plus screen capture features”
PandaOCR - 多功能OCR图文识别+翻译+朗读+弹窗+公式+表格+图床+搜图+二维码
calls eSearch “Choose it for a cross-platform OCR screen grabber with extra search and translation tools.”
Use OCR in Windows quickly and easily with Text Grab. With optional background process and notifications.
calls eSearch “Alternative cross-platform screenshot OCR tool with additional search, translate, and image search features.”
树洞 OCR 文字识别（一款跨平台的 OCR 小工具）
calls eSearch “when you want translation as part of a broader screenshot/OCR/search utility, not a focused translator.”
基于 ChatGPT API 的划词翻译浏览器插件和跨平台桌面端应用 - Browser extension and cross-platform desktop application for translation based on ChatGPT API.
calls eSearch “choose when you want a desktop tool that combines screen recording with OCR/search/translate utilities.”
The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits 🎥
calls eSearch “Choose when you primarily need a cross-platform screenshot tool that also offers OCR and translation.”
一个简洁优雅的词典翻译 macOS App。开箱即用，支持离线 OCR 识别，支持有道词典，🍎 苹果系统词典，🍎 苹果系统翻译，OpenAI，Gemini，DeepL，Google，Bing，腾讯，百度，阿里，小牛，彩云和火山翻译。A concise and elegant Dictionary and Translator macOS App for looking up words and translating text.
calls eSearch “Combines screen capture/recording with OCR, search, and translation.”
Capture Screen, Audio, Cursor, Mouse Clicks and Keystrokes
calls eSearch “All-in-one screenshot/OCR/translate utility that also records; choose if you need those extras.”
A lightweight screen recorder based on ScreenCapture Kit for macOS / 基于 ScreenCapture Kit 的轻量化多功能 macOS 录屏工具
calls eSearch “Screenshot/OCR utility with a basic screen recorder; use it if you need OCR/translate in parallel with capture, not polished video.”
Create polished demo videos without editing skills. Mac/Windows/Linux
calls eSearch “choose for an all-in-one screenshot, offline OCR, and search desktop tool.”
Contexts Optical Compression
calls eSearch “Choose for a desktop screenshot/OCR/translate tool, not a browser extension.”
沉浸式双语网页翻译扩展 , 支持输入框翻译， 鼠标悬停翻译， PDF, Epub, 字幕文件, TXT 文件翻译 - Immersive Dual Web Page Translation Extension
calls eSearch “screenshot tool with OCR and translation; choose if you need screen capture plus translation.”
A simple, open source bilingual translation extension & Greasemonkey script (一个简约、开源的 双语对照翻译扩展 & 油猴脚本)
calls eSearch “End-user screenshot/OCR/search tool.”
Enhances Tesseract OCR output using LLMs (local or API) for error correction, smart chunking, and markdown formatting of scanned PDFs