# OneMoreGres/ScreenTranslator

Screen capture, OCR and translation tool.

Repository: https://github.com/OneMoreGres/ScreenTranslator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/screentranslator
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-09-02T07:37:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4589, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1279, forks 151 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:06.946386+00:00)

## What it is
Screen Translator is a desktop utility that captures a selected region of the screen, performs OCR on it, and sends the recognized text to online translation services. It runs as a tray icon application without a main window and is triggered by a configurable capture hotkey, with language packs and translator scripts downloaded from within its settings.

## Use cases
- translate on-screen text that cannot be copied
- extract text from a screenshot with OCR
- capture a screen region and get an instant translation
- translate text inside images, videos, or games
- read foreign-language text in non-translatable applications
- run OCR on a selected area of the screen

## When to choose
- You need quick, hotkey-driven translation of text that lives in images or non-copyable UI on Windows or Linux
- You want a lightweight tray-based tool rather than a full translation suite
- You prefer pluggable OCR language packs and online translator backends you can install per language

## When to avoid
- You need offline translation, since all translation goes through online services
- You are on macOS, which is currently not supported
- You want an actively developed project, as the author states it is almost abandoned and only receives minor fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ocr, nlp
- domain: computer-vision, developer-tools, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: screen-capture, translation, machine-translation, online-translation-services, system-tray, hotkey, ocr-language-packs, qt, natural-language-processing, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- OneMoreGres/ScreenTranslator (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:06.946386+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:03:04.963782+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/OneMoreGres/ScreenTranslator (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:06.946386+00:00, sha 8613ed2ebf4b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.