Alternatives

Products that do what Text recognition tool I missed a lot for macOS does

1PT
Pytorch Text Recognition Tool▲41
2019 · github.com
2
OwlOCR 4.0▲261
Near instant text recognition for Mac!
2020
3IW
I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen▲321
2021 · github.com
4
Text Capture▲96
Simple & convenient OCR tool for macOS
2024
5TN
TextBlob, Natural language processing made simple in Python▲303
2013 · textblob.readthedocs.org
6AP
A programmable tooltip on Mac OS▲242
2020 · tanin.nanakorn.com
7PI
Person Identification by Keyboard Typing▲202
2019 · gradtype.darksi.de
8LS
Lacona – Search and natural language commands for Mac▲36
2020 · lacona.app
9HA
Homer – A Text Analyzer in Python▲110
2019 · github.com
10AM
A minimal, native MacOS desktop app for checking regex matches▲39
2018 · github.com
11AT
A Tiny IME-Based Text Expander for Mac – MIT Licensed▲35
2015 · github.com
12T3
The 30x faster alternative to Microsoft Recognizers Text▲5
2021 · blog.nezaboodka.com
13MA
Monodraw, an ASCII Art Editor for Mac▲141
2015 · monodraw.com
14
Macaw▲90
A simple code editor for Swift
2017
15AN
A note, task, and password organizer app for Mac▲13
2013 · bluenote.io
16
Markoff▲94
A free Markdown previewer for OS X
2016
17FA
Fltrdr – A TUI Text Reader for the Terminal▲78
2019 · github.com
18
MicroBlink▲96
Real time text recognition for your mobile apps.
2014
19AS
A simple script to help with those abstract Mac application names▲26
2012 · github.com
20YA
Yet Another Notepad App for macOS▲8
Any suggestion is welcomed and appreciated!
2023 · notepad-release.web.app
21TA
TextFlow – Automator workflows for text manipulation in OS X▲76
2015 · github.com
22HN
Hot Notes – Fuzzy Search for Apple Notes (macOS)▲9
2025 · hotmatcha.dev
23AM
A modern macOS markdown editor (work in progress)▲9
2018 · github.com
24NI
Neonpad.io – A neon plain text editor▲50
2021 · neonpad.io

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