Show HN: dpScreenOCR – a program to recognize text on the screen (opens in new tab)

(danpla.github.io)

32 pointsdanpla3y ago7 comments

In a nutshell, dpScreenOCR can recognize text from the selected screen area, and then can copy it to the clipboard, add it to history, or pass it as an argument to an executable.

7 comments

llagerlof3y ago

Although I believe this software (dpScreenOCR-1.1.0-win32-2.exe) is fully safe, virustotal is giving 2 false positives (Avast and AVG).

I mean, probably part of your users will not install the program because of this. Maybe you want to track the reason and kill these false positives. This guy documented his process: https://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2016/oct/05/dealing-with-...

danplaOP3y ago

Oh, thank you. I tried the ZIP on VirusTotal, and it looks like the false positives are triggered for Qt platform plugins, namely qwindowsvistastyle.dll qwindows.dll:

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2adff5ef8aaf1c7674422cdd...

I'll try to figure out what to do about that.

kretaceous3y ago

As a long time user, this makes me so happy. Congratulations, Daniel!

I've been using v1.0.2 for almost over a year. I remember asking about tray icon support when it was already implemented[1]. I have been eagerly waiting for the release since then![2]

Thanks for the awesome, lightweight tool.

1: https://github.com/danpla/dpscreenocr/issues/15

2: Although I got impatient and have been using the manually built version with the tray :p

danplaOP3y ago

You're welcome!

Lakuma3y ago

Works great, thank you! Is there a way to configure the look of the capture box? It's a little bulky for my tastes.

danplaOP3y ago

You're welcome! For now, it's impossible to configure the capture box, but I can add an option to change its thickness in the next version.

danplaOP3y ago

I just updated the Windows installer to fix long startup time and high drive load. Sorry for the inconvenience.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

7 comments

llagerlof3y ago

Although I believe this software (dpScreenOCR-1.1.0-win32-2.exe) is fully safe, virustotal is giving 2 false positives (Avast and AVG).

danplaOP3y ago

Oh, thank you. I tried the ZIP on VirusTotal, and it looks like the false positives are triggered for Qt platform plugins, namely qwindowsvistastyle.dll qwindows.dll:

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2adff5ef8aaf1c7674422cdd...

I'll try to figure out what to do about that.

kretaceous3y ago

As a long time user, this makes me so happy. Congratulations, Daniel!

I've been using v1.0.2 for almost over a year. I remember asking about tray icon support when it was already implemented[1]. I have been eagerly waiting for the release since then![2]

Thanks for the awesome, lightweight tool.

1: https://github.com/danpla/dpscreenocr/issues/15

2: Although I got impatient and have been using the manually built version with the tray :p

danplaOP3y ago

You're welcome!

Lakuma3y ago

Works great, thank you! Is there a way to configure the look of the capture box? It's a little bulky for my tastes.

danplaOP3y ago

You're welcome! For now, it's impossible to configure the capture box, but I can add an option to change its thickness in the next version.

danplaOP3y ago

I just updated the Windows installer to fix long startup time and high drive load. Sorry for the inconvenience.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse