Copyfish 🐟 Free OCR Software

Name: Copyfish 🐟 Free OCR Software
Rating: 4 (990 reviews)
Author: Ui.Vision / a9t9 software GmbH

Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.

As of June 2026, Copyfish 🐟 Free OCR Software has 800,000 users and a 4.00/5 rating from 990 reviews in the Accessibility category.

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990 reviews

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Version

6.3.16

Manifest V3

90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 3 version updates.

History

8 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 20, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 20, 2026	800.0K	4.03	981	6.2.0
Apr 26, 2026	800.0K	4.02	983	6.3.7
May 2, 2026	800.0K	4.02	984	6.3.7
May 5, 2026	800.0K	4.02	984	6.3.12
May 17, 2026	800.0K	4.01	987	6.3.16
May 20, 2026	800.0K	4.00	988	6.3.16
Jun 3, 2026	800.0K	4.00	989	6.3.16
Jun 7, 2026	700.0K	4.00	989	6.3.16
Now	800.0K	4.00	990	6.3.16

Permissions & access

Permissions: contextMenusactiveTabscriptingstoragenotificationsnativeMessagingclipboardReadcommands
Host access: None declared

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About

Do you need to extract text from images, videos or PDF? If yes, then the Copyfish Screenshot Reader/Text Extractor is for you. Copyfish turns text within any image captured from your screen into an editable format without retyping – making it easy to reuse in digital documents, emails or reports.

Common reasons to extract text from images are to google it, store it, email it or translate it. Until now, your only option was to retype the text. Copyfish is soooo much faster and more fun.

“Images” come in many forms: photographs, charts, diagrams, screenshots, PDF documents, comics, error messages, memes, Flash – and Youtube movies.

You can verify the results in one glance with the extracted text overlay.

Do you need to switch between OCR languages often? You can define "Quick Switch" buttons for up to three languages on the settings page.

For language learners: There are many translator addons available, but they only work with plain website text. Text inside images, in tricky Javascript/AJAX or, especially, in movie subtitles on Youtube or Youku is unreachable for them. But not for Copyfish. And if you want, Copyfish also translates the text for you. Especially for the subtitle translation use case, Copyfish has a repeat feature. Mark the area of the subtitle once and then use the "Do OCR" button to grab the latest text from the movie screen.

For extension gurus: You might have heard of Project Naptha, a great addon that applies state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms on every image you see while browsing the web. Copyfish solves the same problem, but it takes a different user interface approach. It does not try to alter the website. Instead, it lets you mark the text in the image you want to extract. As a result Copyfish works with every website, even videos and PDF documents.

For developers: Copyfish is published under the GPL open-source license. Full source code is available at https://github.com/A9T9/Copyfish

As OCR software, it uses the free OCR API from https://ocr.space/ .

QUESTIONS? SUGGESTIONS? Please visit our OCR user forum at https://forum.ui.vision/c/ocr-api/10