Translation Tools For Language Learners
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Misha - 12 April 2025
Crow Translate is a free, open-source desktop application for Windows and Linux. This app offers text and image-based translations using Google, Yandex, and some other translation APIs. Unlike web tools, it runs on your system, offering keyboard shortcuts, OCR, and TTS functionality.
You can change the keyboard shortcuts in the settings. Some key sequences may not be available due to OS limitations.
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Alt + E | Translate selected text |
| Ctrl + Alt + S | Speak selected text |
| Ctrl + Alt + F | Speak translation of selected text |
| Ctrl + Alt + G | Stop speaking |
| Ctrl + Alt + C | Show main window |
| Ctrl + Alt + I | Recognize text in screen area |
| Ctrl + Alt + O | Translate text in screen area |
This app can translate text from the screen using Tesseract. To recognize text, you need to additionally install trained models and select at least one model in the settings. Choose only the models for the languages you need.
You can also open the main window and type text manually.