A lightweight global hotkey OCR tool for Windows.
Select any region on screen and instantly send it to an OCR server.
OcrBoard supports macocr or iOS-OCR-Server as its backend OCR server.
- Global hotkey: Win + Alt + Shift + T
- Region selection with dimmed overlay
- ESC to cancel selection
- Automatically copies OCR result to clipboard
- Displays OCR result in a message box
- Shows API response time in console
- Supports custom server IP / port
- Press Win + Alt + Shift + T
- Drag to select a region
- Image is sent to the OCR server
- OCR result:
- Copied to clipboard
- Displayed in a popup
Backend OCR is powered by macocr or iOS-OCR-Server.
- Windows 10 or later
- Go 1.20+ (for building from source)
You must run macocr as the OCR server.
macocr repository:
https://github.com/riddleling/macocr
Start macocr server (example):
macocr -s -p 8000
Download .exe from GitHub Releases.
An example of specifying the server IP and port:
.\OcrBoard.exe -ip 10.0.1.13 -port 8000
Or create a .bat file:
@echo off
cd /d "%~dp0"
OcrBoard.exe -ip 10.0.1.13 -port 8000
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
-ip |
OCR server IP | 127.0.0.1 |
-port |
OCR server port | 8000 |
-path |
API path | /upload |
-url |
Full API URL (overrides others) | — |
git clone https://github.com/riddleling/OcrBoard.git
cd OcrBoard
go mod tidy
go build
- Make sure macocr server is running before triggering the hotkey.
- If hotkey does not respond, check:
- Another application is not using the same key combination
- Windows accessibility features are not intercepting the shortcut
MIT License