A real-time screen translation tool that captures text from any area of your screen and translates it on the fly. Perfect for games, applications, or any scenario where you need instant translation of text that appears on your screen.
- Real-time screen area capture 80A7 and translation
- Support for multiple languages
- Draggable, semi-transparent overlay
- Two-way translation capability:
- Capture and translate text from screen
- Translate your own text for communication
- Global hotkeys for quick access
- Customizable translation area selection
- Gaming with international players
- Reading foreign language content
- International software usage
- Live chat translation
- Learning new languages
- Python 3.8 or higher
- Tesseract OCR
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Clone or download this repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/live-screen-translator.git cd live-screen-translator -
Create and activate a virtual environment
# Windows python -m venv venv venv\Scripts\activate # Linux/Mac python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate
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Install Python dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
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Install Tesseract OCR
Windows:
- Download installer from https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
- Install to
C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR - Add to PATH:
C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR
Linux:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr-por # For PortugueseMac:
brew install tesseract brew install tesseract-lang # Language packs
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From the project directory, with virtual environment activated:
python run.py
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Using the application:
- Press
Ctrl+Alt+Xto select the area you want to translate - Press
Ctrl+Alt+Cto toggle the overlay - Type your message and hit
Enteror clickTranslatefor outgoing translations - Use the language dropdown to select your target language
- Press
The application comes with sensible defaults, but you can modify:
- Default languages
- Hotkey combinations
- UI appearance
- OCR settings
Configuration files are located in the src/config directory.
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OCR not working:
- Verify Tesseract is installed correctly
- Check if language packs are installed
- Ensure path to Tesseract is correct in settings
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Screen capture issues:
- Run the application with administrator privileges
- Check if screen recording permissions are enabled (Mac)
- Verify the selected area is visible
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Translation not working:
- Check internet connection
- Verify language selection
- Try selecting a clearer area of text
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit pull requests.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Tesseract OCR
- Deep Translator
- MSS for screen capture
- All other open-source contributors