No thanks, I don't want to install your bloatware/malware aka Desktop Screenshot XModule for Desktop OCR.

All in all this add on has been a good choice to have, but the newest update has several downsides.
~ T̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶l̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶a̶s̶p̶e̶c̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶p̶p̶a̶r̶e̶n̶t̶l̶y̶ ̶b̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶g̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶ ̶P̶r̶o̶-̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶f̶e̶a̶t̶u̶r̶e̶,̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶p̶l̶a̶c̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶l̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶l̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶w̶e̶b̶s̶i̶t̶e̶.̶
~ I have also found repeated instances of my quick select languages not working or even being reset to the default of none. (I think what happens is whenever I try to change a copyfish setting, it resets all previously altered settings back to the default).
~ When the quick select buttons ARE there, it doesn't allow me to switch between them while it is translating, and so with the removal of the translation feature, it just keeps trying to translate forever. (It seems that I can switch languages while it's still doing the OCR, but when it starts "translating", the buttons all go grey).
These are obvious and newly introduced problems that I feel negatively impact my experience with this add on.

Edit: Unfortunately, uninstalling and re-installing copyfish did not fix any of the issues I have been experiencing, though I understand and sympathize with your provided rational about why you removed the translate feature.

Used to work fine...no longer. Worked great as a simple OCR, but not the current version. Tries to always translate and never finishes. Will look for a simple OCR add-on, now that this is no longer available.

This extension does what it says: it takes a screenshot of some image (inside Firefox window) and OCR's it, and in the end you can copy the OCR'd text. It does not need any 3rd party software, only an extension in Firefox. Thank you and 5 stars.

I agree with the previous reviewer that the new permissions look fishy, but it seems they are not currently abused. I unzipped the add-on and looked at the source.

"Exchange messages with programs other than Firefox" is used to communicate with the UI Vision XModule used for desktop OCR.

"Display notifications to you" is used to display notifications when you have a paid subscription that is about to expire, and for displaying messages when using the desktop capture feature.

"Access browser activity during navigation" I'm not sure about, it might be needed for some functionality to work but I didn't find anything obvious. There seems to be no feature like collecting browsing activity or something abusive like that.

Of course the permissions coul be used for abusive purposes in the future so it is always best to be a bit paranoid. Even with the permission system in Firefox you have to trust the developer to an extent.

Thank you for your explanation of the new permissions, and give you 5 stars. BTW, I hope the release notes for important changes could have obvious notice.

Easy to use & perfect, except in Firefox 66.05 the copy to clipboard button did not work. Clicking on the text from the OCR, then to select all, then copy to clipboard, it was perfect. No mistakes at all

Failed miserably to produce any useful characters from the page!

Target language cannot be set to Traditional Chinese.

Doesn't work with vertical text. If they added support for this, this addon would be amazing.