Copyfish 🐟 Free OCR Software

Name: Copyfish 🐟 Free OCR Software
Rating: 4.011764705882353 (935 reviews)
Author: https://ocr.space

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

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Copyfish 🐟 is a powerful free OCR Chrome extension that lets you extract text from images, videos, screenshots, and PDFs without retyping. It converts text embedded in photographs, charts, memes, and subtitles into editable digital text, enabling easy reuse for documents, emails, and reports. Copyfish supports multiple languages with quick-switch buttons and provides translation features, including subtitle translation for online videos like YouTube.

Unlike other OCR tools that alter the website, Copyfish allows users to select specific areas for text recognition, ensuring compatibility with all websites and media formats. It is open-source software using the free OCR API from ocr.space, making it reliable and transparent. Ideal for language learners, professionals, and developers needing quick text extraction and translation right from the browser.

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Version:

6.2.0 Last updated: 2025-05-15

Creation date:

2020-05-26

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Permissions:

contextMenus
activeTab
scripting
storage
notifications
nativeMessaging
clipboardRead
commands

Size:

243.71K

Email:

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Chrome Web Store

Updated:

2 days ago

Ranking

# 552 ▲ 7

Other rankings

#13 in Accessibility ▲ 1

#5 in screenshot reader keyword 55 ▼ 2

#6 in software keyword 57 ▼ 2

#26 in free keyword 84 ▼ 2

#46 in text-to-image keyword 12 ▼ 8

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User reviews

Copyfish OCR is praised for its accuracy, ease of use, language support, and being free without subscriptions, making it a valuable tool for professionals and language learners. However, users frequently report issues with small text recognition, occasional server connectivity problems, and the lack of remembering language preferences. Additionally, recent updates requiring a helper app have limited usability in some environments. While generally effective for occasional OCR needs, some users experience failures or incomplete results.

Pros

The OCR functionality is generally accurate and effective, especially with larger text and multiple languages.
The extension is free and does not require a subscription, which users appreciate.
Supports multiple languages, including Japanese and is helpful for language learners and professionals.
User interface is friendly and the tool is easy to use for extracting text from images, videos, and screenshots.
Works well for small tasks and occasional use, and is faster or better than some other similar extensions.

Cons

The OCR sometimes struggles with small characters or complex text such as tables, leading to incomplete or inaccurate results.
The extension occasionally experiences connectivity issues with the OCR server, resulting in errors stating no internet connection despite internet being available.
The extension does not remember input language settings, requiring users to reset the OCR language each time, which affects convenience.
Recent updates require users to download a helper desktop app for certain features; this is problematic for users who cannot install software on their devices.
Some users report that the extension fails outright, returning an empty OCR result despite indicating success, leading to uninstallations.

Recent reviews

좋으나 캡쳐하고 창 off 시키는 기능이 생기면 좋을거 같음

한성규, 2025-05-12

As an professional expertise, I recommend using this kind of extension! It is useful in various scenarios. It's been approved by me/Google

user, 2025-05-10

glad i found this

Maddox Darrah, 2025-04-22

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Copyfish 🐟 Free OCR Software requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Copyfish 🐟 Free OCR Software has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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