I launched a super cheap and simple to use OCR tool for macOS
1. Click capture text 2. Select an area on screen with text 3. Paste the text anywhere Are there other solutions out there? Yes, the best one that I've found is Text Sniper, it $8 so I decided to learn SwiftUI and release Text Capture for $0.99. This one uses MacOS builtin Vision API under the hood so it should also improve with new macOS releases. Would love to hear your feedback!
I launched a super cheap and simple to use OCR tool for macOS launched on November 3, 2024 with 24 votes, #703 of 4,990 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Text Capture is a macOS OCR tool that extracts text from any area of the screen and allows users to paste it anywhere. Users click a button, select the text region, and paste the result. Built with SwiftUI and leveraging macOS's native Vision API, it costs $0.99. The tool is designed as a simpler, more affordable alternative to existing OCR solutions.
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From the sources
Capture text from anywhere - un-selectable text in apps, images, videos, PDFs, or anything on your screen! A simple & convenient OCR tool for macOS. I love a (good) system tray app! ... Congrats on the launch! 🚀 I'm loving the simplicity of 'click, select, paste' - so straightforward! Text recognition is done locally on your machine, no data is sent to any servers. We've tried to pick the best defaults, but you can customize everything to your liking. Set your own keyboard shortcuts, toggle line breaks, show or hide tray icon, notifications, feedback sounds and more. Saves time pasting after each capture. With additive clipboard turned on, each captured text is added to the clipboard so…from textcapture.app
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