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   FunBlocks AI Markdown Editor ▲382

   Experience the joy and speed of pure text, with AI copilot

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   Heeey! I built a macOS copilot that has been useful to me, so I open sourced it in case others would find it useful too. It's pretty simple: - Use a keyboard shortcut to take a screenshot of your active macOS window and start recording the microphone. - Speak your question, then press the keyboard shortcut again to send your question + screenshot off to OpenAI Vision - The Vision response is presented in-context/overlayed over the active window, and spoken to you as audio. - The app keeps running in the background, only taking a screenshot/listening when activated by keyboard…

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   ScreenGeany AI▲93

   Ask AI about anything on your screen with a single hotkey

   Mar 2026 · screengeany.ai

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   ClipboardAI▲122

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   Quicky AI▲280

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   PixelRead AI OCR▲74

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   ailight▲79

   transform anything on your screen without breaking your flow

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    Rewrait for Windows▲84

    Write it once, perfect it fast.

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    Wordwand▲83

    AI anywhere you type. 10x your productivity

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    Shift▲126

    A Desktop MacOS AI app that edits text and code on the spot

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    Text Enhancer AI▲113

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    TranslateAir▲155

    Instant AI-Powered translation for macOS

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    Caplo▲107

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    Clicky▲144

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    Marley▲100

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    Mirowl▲96

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    ColibotAI▲84

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    Echo▲3

    Instant AI, anywhere. Highlight any text. CMD1. Done.

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    Highlight it. Flick it. Done.▲3

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