TextShot offers the ability to take a screenshot and copy to the clipboard the text content of the screenshot.
This is a cross-platform tool running under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/ianzhao/textshot
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Developer: Ian Zhao
License: MIT License

TextShot is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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