text hooker

noun

Software that reads text from other software that is being executed, often for the purpose of replacing the text with its translation in another language.

“A text hooker allows English-speaking people to read Japanese visual novels.”

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Meanings

nountext hooker (plural text hookers)

plural text hookers · alternative texthooker

  1. computingSoftware that reads text from other software that is being executed, often for the purpose of replacing the text with its translation in another language.

    A text hooker allows English-speaking people to read Japanese visual novels.

    2 more examples

    A text hooker, or at least what I'm calling a text hooker, is a program or function that hijacks the text output of a game (in realtime) and outputs somewhere else so that you can copy/paste or whatever you want with it.

    2005, User Ugly Joe, Zophar's Message Domain

    AGTH (Anime Game Text Hooker) is a tool for capturing text from running programs.

    2017, User hmoeller, HGames Wiki

    Synonyms: text hook

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSoftware that reads text from other software that is being executed, often for the purpose of replacing the text with its translation in another language.

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APA

text hooker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20hooker

MLA

“text hooker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20hooker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “text hooker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20hooker.

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