Copyfish Explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

After a user marks the text in an image, Copyfish extracts it from a website, video or PDF document.^{[3] [4]}

Copyfish was first published in October 2015.^{[5] [6]} 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.^{[7] [8]} The software is published under the GPL open-source license and hosted on GitHub.

Notes and References

1. 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"
2. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-extract-the-text-from-images/ " How to Extract Text From Images (OCR)"
3. Mike Williams. "Copyfish: free OCR and translation for Chrome". Beta News, 19 October 2015.
4. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/download/internet-tools/copyfish-266-chrome-3330704/ "Copyfish 2.6.6 for Chrome"
5. [Martin Brinkmann]
6. 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"
7. 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"
8. 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")