desktop translation and OCR
A cross-platform desktop app for text translation and OCR with support for multiple services, plugins, screen capture OCR, and TTS.
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
Same class: cross-platform desktop OCR/translation tool; also adds screenshot, screen recording, and image search.
截屏 离线OCR 搜索翻译 以图搜图 贴图 录屏 万向滚动截屏 屏幕翻译 Screenshot Offline OCR Search Translate Search for picture Paste the picture on the screen Screen recorder Omnidirectional scrolling screenshot Screen translator 支持Windows Linux macOS
Same class: cross-platform desktop app with screenshots, OCR, AI, and translation; a direct peer to Pot.
🚀 Screenshots, word marking, OCR, AI, translation software || 截图、划词、文字识别、AI、翻译软件
Same class: Windows desktop translation and OCR tool; lightweight WPF app with a ready-to-use interface.
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
Same class: macOS dictionary/translation/OCR app; choose for deep Apple ecosystem integration and offline OCR.
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.
Same class: mature macOS translation/OCR app with many services; ideal for Mac users.
Bob 是一款 macOS 平台的翻译和 OCR 软件。
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
Command-line translation tool using multiple engines; a different layer (CLI) for translation without OCR.
:speech_balloon: Command-line translator using Google Translate, Bing Translator, Yandex.Translate, etc.
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
OCR-only tool; choose if you need pure offline OCR without translation.
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。
Cross-platform OCR-only tool; choose for simple standalone OCR without translation.
树洞 OCR 文字识别（一款跨平台的 OCR 小工具）
OCR screen-capture tool; narrower, focuses on capturing text from screen rather than full translation workflow.
OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images
Translation-only (browser extension/desktop); lacks OCR, so a narrower alternative for translation needs.
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.
These projects were analysed and named pot-desktop among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how pot-desktop rates them is a separate judgement, made when pot-desktop is analysed in its own right.
calls pot-desktop “when you need a cross-platform desktop translator with OCR and multiple backends instead of a ChatGPT-only browser extension.”
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 pot-desktop “Choose when you need a cross-platform (Windows/macOS/Linux) translation and OCR app with similar multi-service support.”
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 pot-desktop “Choose it for a cross-platform open-source drop-in with plugin support.”
Bob 是一款 macOS 平台的翻译和 OCR 软件。
calls pot-desktop “Cross-platform drop-in alternative with similar translation and OCR 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
calls pot-desktop “cross-platform translation/OCR app; choose for open-source plugin system”
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 pot-desktop “Choose it for a cross-platform OCR and translation app with a modern interface.”
Use OCR in Windows quickly and easily with Text Grab. With optional background process and notifications.
calls pot-desktop “Cross-platform OCR and translation app, a good replacement if you also need translation alongside text recognition.”
树洞 OCR 文字识别（一款跨平台的 OCR 小工具）
calls pot-desktop “choose for a cross-platform desktop GUI that combines translation and screen OCR.”
Contexts Optical Compression
calls pot-desktop “Choose for a cross-platform desktop translation/OCR app instead of 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 pot-desktop “desktop app for translation and OCR; choose if you want a standalone tool outside the browser.”
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 pot-desktop “Cross-platform desktop app for text translation and OCR; choose it for a system-wide tool independent of your IDE.”
Translation plugin for IntelliJ-based IDEs/Android Studio.
calls pot-desktop “End-user translation and OCR desktop app.”
Enhances Tesseract OCR output using LLMs (local or API) for error correction, smart chunking, and markdown formatting of scanned PDFs