Copyfish

{{Short description|Web browser extension to copy text from non-text}}

Copyfish is a browser extension software for Google Chrome and Firefox that allows users to copy and paste or copy and translate text from within images. "Images" come in all kinds of forms: photographs, charts, diagrams, screenshots, PDF documents, comics, error messages, memes, Flash, and subtitles in YouTube movies.[http://www.gizbot.com/apps/features/now-you-can-easily-extract-texts-from-images-using-this-tool/articlecontent-pf70528-038095.html "Now you can easily extract texts from images using this tool"]. GizBot, Samden Sherpa. 5 February 2017.[http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-extract-the-text-from-images/ " How to Extract Text From Images (OCR)"]. Make Use Of, Joel Lee 1 February 2017

After a user marks the text in an image, Copyfish sends the image to a server API that extracts it from a website, video or PDF document.Mike Williams. [http://betanews.com/2015/10/19/copyfish-free-ocr-and-translation-for-chrome/ "Copyfish: free OCR and translation for Chrome"]. Beta News, 19 October 2015.[http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/download/internet-tools/copyfish-266-chrome-3330704/ "Copyfish 2.6.6 for Chrome"]. PC Adviser, By Mike Williams | 22 Jan 2017{{Dead url|date=February 2024}}

Copyfish was first published in October 2015.Martin Brinkmann. [http://www.ghacks.net/2015/10/10/copyfish-for-chrome-copy-and-translate-text-from-media "Copyfish for Chrome: copy and translate text from media"]. gHacks Tech News, 10 October 2015.[http://www.deskmodder.de/blog/2015/10/10/text-aus-bildern-herauskopieren-und-uebersetzen-mit-copyfish-fuer-opera-chrome-vivaldi/ "Text aus Bildern herauskopieren und übersetzen mit Copyfish für Opera, Chrome, Vivaldi"]. 10 October 2015. Copyfish is not only used in Western countries but despite being available only with an English user interface, is used by many Chinese and Hindi-speaking Chrome users.[http://www.playpcesor.com/2015/10/copyfish-chrome.html "Copyfish 驚奇 Chrome 套件複製圖片影片內中文字！- 電腦玩物"]. ("Copyfish Surprise Chrome Suite Copy Image in Chinese") Playpcesor.com. by esor huang October 12, 2015[http://www.livehindustan.com/news/gadgets-tech/article1-how-to-copy-text-from-image-and-pic-560081.html "फोटो पर लिखे टेक्स्ट को टाइप नहीं, कॉपी करें" ("Do not type the text written on the photo, copy it")]. Hindustan Times, Rohit Kumar 13 September 2016

The software is published under the GPL open-source license and hosted on GitHub.{{Citation |last= |first= |title=A9T9/Copyfish |date=2024-02-05 |url=https://github.com/A9T9/Copyfish |access-date=2024-02-07}}