WatchdOcr - OCR/Translation Overlay for Windows

https://github.com/h1fired/watchdocr-overlay

Have you ever had to translate text in a game or app where you can’t select or copy anything? The idea to create WatchdOcr came about as a solution to this problem.

After testing similar apps for Windows, I realized that the goal of my app is maximum ease of use (modelled after Google’s visual translation on Pixel devices).

The app works as an overlay (similar to Nvidia Overlay) that sits in the system tray and can be launched with a hotkey. The architecture is designed so that you can change most settings in real time with minimal effort. Currently, the following core features are available:

• Overlay mode

• Text recognition from a screen snippet + translation into various languages

• One-time and Live (streaming) modes

• Works over any window (except exclusive fullscreen)

• Mode for overlaying text on top of existing text, with background content masked

• Text console + interactive text viewer

• Overlaying elements on top of all windows in non-overlay mode (applies to text overlay mode and the text viewer)

The app is a fully open-source pet project that’s open to development. The project is currently in Alpha, so I’d love to hear any feedback and ideas to improve its functionality!

I hope you find the app useful!