Turn images into usable text in seconds. Capture text from screenshots, PDFs, images, or even live camera input directly from your menu bar, with fast recognition, translation, annotation, and instant clipboard access.
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TextSniper allows you to quickly convert uncopiable or unselectable text from any content visible on your mac’s screen into editable text copied to your clipboard.
Use it to capture and recognize text, scan QR codes, and more – from presentations, screencasts, PDFs, images, webpages, video tutorials, photos, etc.
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TextGlance adds fast, local OCR to your Mac, letting you capture on-screen text. It recognizes multiple languages, preserves code formatting, and keeps your recent captures easily accessible.
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Longshot is a versatile Mac menu bar app for capturing, annotating, pinning, measuring, scrolling screenshots, OCR, and recording — making it easy to work, share, and organize visual information effortlessly.
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This menu bar app not only pulls text from your screen but also automatically translates it.
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This menu bar app lets you look up words or translate text. It can automatically detect the language of the input text, supports input translate, select translate, and OCR screenshot translate.
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