Screenshot Hero
Productivity
photo search
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
19 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 61 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Privacy: 2 for, 5 againstIdea: 5 for, 2 againstExecution: 3 for, 2 againstPerformance: 4 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Text recognition works impressively well
From 3 comments
Just downloaded and ran it. Took a few minutes to go through my images, but the search was working from the very first indexed photo. The search is fast and word recognition is…
MR4D on HNI have a bunch of XKCDs in my screenshots and somehow this app was even able to index those! I’m very impressed with the quality of the OCR tech. Great work!
snazz on HNVery impressed, works extraordinarily well. Congratulations and thank you.
qubex on HN
Search is fast
From 1 comment
Just downloaded and ran it. Took a few minutes to go through my images, but the search was working from the very first indexed photo. The search is fast and word recognition is…
MR4D on HN
Objections
Unclear whether photos or derived text are sent off-device, given privacy policy wording
From 3 comments
This sounds like an app I’ve wanted forever! But as with all apps I’m particularly sensitive to giving bulk access to my photos (and other data). The app description says “images…
reikonomusha on HNThe data collected is, as mentioned, used to analyze crashes. In case of an error, some information is collected, that can be explained as being justified: device unique ID, to…
milankragujevic on HNIf the Privacy Policy contains no mention of sending images to the server and storing the images and/or text contents, then ... it's not happening. A Privacy Policy is just words…
reaperducer on HN
Only available in the US App Store
From 2 comments
Nice! Published only to the US App store? Can't be found in other countries:(
vizzah on HNNot seeing this just now on US ios app store. Did it get pulled?
moioci on HN
Requests
Android version
From 1 comment
Awesome, I've been wanting something like this for a while now - any plans to get it working on Android?
JKirchartz on HN
Show where text sits in the photo
From 1 comment
Does this show me where the text is in the photo? I’d like to be able to take a photo of my book shelf and have it show me where the book I want is... or to generate an index of…
ada1981 on HN
Support for multiple languages
From 1 comment
Works great for English searching. If it could support multiple languages would be perfect.
rodneyzeng on HN
Search by source app or website
From 1 comment
I would love if it could also let you search by the App or website that was active when the screenshot was taken. Probably a bit harder but maybe scraping app store screenshots…
yeldarb on HN
Questions
Does it send photos anywhere, and can this be verified since it is not open source
From 1 comment
Is there a way of knowing for sure that it doesn't send the photos anywhere? It doesn't appear to be open-source
_bxg1 on HN
How it handles photos stored in iCloud Photo Library
From 1 comment
How does it work with iCloud Photo Library, where most of the photos are not stored on the device? Does it have to download the full library to search? I have over 35k photos,…
css on HN
Alternatives named
Google Photos
From 2 comments
Try Google Photos.
mobattah on HNFor those on Android, Google photos has been doing this for years.
jaimex2 on HN
Memos
From 2 comments
I've been using the Memos on iOS (https://memos.org) for searching. Memos additionally lets you copy the text and is on device.
saucow on HNI've been using an app called "Memos"[0] with a similar value proposition for several months now- it's become a crucial for me. If someone gives me a paper, appointment reminder,…
evan_ on HN
Screenotate
From 1 comment
You might like Screenotate by Omar Rizwan - https://screenotate.com/
skadamat on HN
Scanner Pro
From 1 comment
Scanner Pro, by Readdle, also does on-device OCR for documents you scan (along with many other things, including deformation/perspective correction and PDF export). Not…
ronjouch on HN
OneNote
From 1 comment
I did not find this mentioned anywhere but Onenote makes snips text searchable too
rajesh-s on HN