Screen & Image OCR

Accessibility-focused text scanner for dyslexic readers: photograph a page, OCR it, and reflow with adjustable spacing, fonts like OpenDyslexic, and custom colors.

Image-to-text OCR scanner covering 110+ languages with bulk processing of up to 30 images, auto image cleanup, and offline on-device text extraction.

Live Text-style grabber that pulls text from camera, photos and apps with translation and plugins, and doesn't transmit captures anywhere.

OCR scanner that extracts editable text from photos of documents, books, business cards and handwriting via Google ML Kit, with batch scan and history.

AI OCR that extracts text from videos and photos entirely offline; an internet connection is only needed for the optional translation step.

Lightweight offline OCR: photograph or scan articles and PDFs to extract text, then edit, translate, share, or read aloud, with no internet needed.

Lightweight image-to-text scanner that extracts printed and handwritten text from photos; vendor stresses images aren't stored or shared.

Award-winning Mac OCR utility: drag over any uncopyable text in apps, PDFs, games or video and grab it instantly, fully offline across 25+ languages.

Mac menu-bar OCR that grabs uncopyable text from PDFs, screenshots, YouTube, and Zoom shares as easily as a screenshot; every feature works fully offline.

Menu-bar utility that runs vision-language models on-device via MLX Swift to OCR your screen and answer custom prompts about captured screenshots, with selectable VLMs.

Hotkey OCR that grabs text from any screen area, image, or PDF, with an optional downloaded AI OCR model for tough scans, all running on-device.

ProductHunt-featured Mac screen OCR that grabs text from any screen region 100% offline across 100+ languages, with auto-detect, batch mode and built-in translation.

Hotkey screen-region OCR plus a local AI model for complex layouts, tables and math, exporting clean Markdown fully offline.

Hotkey drag-to-capture OCR with zero network calls: 16+ languages via Apple Vision, plus on-device translation, QR detection, and smart actions.

Live-camera text engine that grabs text, links, and codes in real time via on-device OCR, rebuilds receipts to CSV, and translates offline in 15+ languages.

Lightweight image-to-text OCR that runs entirely on-device with no account or servers, supporting batch multi-page docs and every recognition language in Pro.

Multi-language OCR utility that turns images/PDFs into searchable PDFs or text, works fully offline with no server, and integrates with Siri Shortcuts and Finder.

Offline-first barcode scanner and generator with fully local text recognition, including a high-precision mode tuned for Chinese and Japanese.

Screenshot-to-text grabber with a custom offline OCR engine (not Apple Vision), LaTeX math recognition, vertical CJK support and 100+ languages.

Hotkey screen-region OCR that converts math (even handwritten) to LaTeX straight to your clipboard; the entire model runs on your Mac, no internet.

On-device OCR that extracts text from any image or screenshot, with multilingual recognition and optional Google/DeepL translation.

Local OCR that extracts plain text from PDFs, images, folders and zips, with strong Japanese vertical-text support and batch CLI.

macOS OCR utility to grab uncopyable text from screenshots, PDFs, and Zoom calls, with translation, QR/barcode scanning, and text-to-speech; developer touts no data collection.

Batch image-to-text extractor with dual recognition engines, rotation correction, multilingual support, and fully local offline OCR with saved history.

Drag-to-select screen OCR toolkit that copies, translates, summarizes, and reads aloud text from images, videos, and PDFs, with on-device processing.

Distance text reader that uses telephoto capture plus on-device OCR to grab faraway menus and signs, then reads them aloud, offline.

Accessibility tool for low-vision users that OCRs the screen or any window so VoiceOver-incompatible apps become navigable; offers a built-in offline OCR engine.

Deep-learning OCR specialized for Japanese pocket-edition books, handling vertical/horizontal text with ruby on facing pages; all computation on-device.

Grab any screen region for instant on-device OCR, plus offline Apple translation, color picking, and barcode decoding; AI lookups are BYOK and optional.

Hotkey screen OCR that grabs uncopyable text in 10 languages via Apple's native engine; menu-bar-only, fully offline.

macOS menu-bar OCR built on Apple's Vision framework: hotkey-select any screen region and the text lands in your clipboard. Handles columns, QR codes, 12 languages.

Hotkey screen-grab OCR that copies any on-screen text to clipboard, with QR/barcode reading and 20+ languages, optimized for Apple Silicon.

Hotkey screenshot-to-clipboard OCR using Apple's Vision framework; fully offline, no data collection, works on air-gapped Macs in under a second.

Hotkey screen-region OCR (Cmd+Shift+C) powered by Apple's Vision framework across 14 languages, plus QR/barcode decode and TTS; fully on-device.

Grabs text from any image using Apple's on-device recognition, then one tap summarizes, translates jargon or bullets key points on-device; saved to a local history.

Mac screen/PDF/photo OCR that recognizes Latin, CJK and Arabic scripts entirely on-device; only optional translation uses Google Translate.

Tiny hotkey OCR that extracts text and QR codes from a selected screen region; privacy-first with no data leaving your machine.

Point-and-hold camera OCR that detects and searches text in real time inside books, boards, and gallery photos, then copies it to the clipboard.

Hotkey screen-region OCR that copies uncopyable on-screen text in under a second; runs entirely on the Mac with 20+ language support.

Menu-bar screen OCR: one keystroke freezes the screen, you select an area, and recognized text lands in your clipboard via Apple Vision, all local.

Native Mac hotkey OCR via Apple's Vision framework (CN/EN/JP/KR), plus floating translation, screenshot beautifier, color picker and recording, all offline.

Scans text and copies it straight to the clipboard across your iCloud devices, with PDF export for non-Handoff targets; all recognition processed on-device.

Menu-bar OCR: drag any image or PDF to extract text on-device, auto-detecting phones, emails, and addresses, with clipboard and Finder right-click support.

Minimal menu-bar tool that OCRs your whole screen in place so you can drag-select and copy any uncopyable text; clipboard-first screenshots too.

Lightweight OCR extractor that pulls text from any photo via Photos-editing and Share extensions across 14+ languages, often without launching the app.

Lightweight menu-bar OCR that grabs uncopyable text from your screen or image files using Apple's built-in engine, fully offline with no data collection.

Drag a box anywhere on screen to grab editable text from images, PDFs, and locked interfaces; runs fully offline on your Mac via a global shortcut.

Lightweight Mac menu bar OCR: one shortcut to grab text from any screen region straight to clipboard, with a mini editor, line cleanup, and clipboard history.

Mac OCR utility that pulls text from images, PDFs, and QR codes across 12+ languages, extracting links, emails, and phone numbers; engine runs only locally.

Focused on-device OCR that turns photos and screenshots into editable text and exports to Word, Markdown, or TXT.

Menu-bar hotkey OCR that grabs uncopyable text from any on-screen region and copies it to clipboard, with an OCR engine the developer says runs entirely offline.

Drag-and-drop OCR for Mac using Apple's Vision framework; extracts formatted text from images and PDFs in 50+ languages, fully offline.

Volume edition of Prizmo Go: aim the camera at text, recognize it instantly with on-device OCR, then send or copy/paste to your Mac, no cloud.

Hotkey macOS OCR that turns screen captures into editable text across many languages plus barcode/QR decode; developer says all OCR runs locally on-device.

Hotkey OCR for macOS that grabs text from screenshots, clipboard images or files via the on-device Vision framework, no account needed.

Menu-bar lasso OCR for Mac: grab uncopyable text from any screen in 20+ languages, with code-mode formatting and QR/barcode reading, all processed on-device.

All-in-one screenshot suite with out-of-the-box offline OCR (PaddleOCR) across many scripts, plus screen translation, recording and AI object removal.

Action Button screenshot text extractor that OCRs on-screen text fully offline and offers in-place translation, auto-processing without saving images.

Menu-bar macOS OCR that grabs any on-screen text or text in image files and copies it instantly; runs entirely offline on Apple Silicon and Intel.

Hotkey screenshot-to-text grabber tuned for memes, quotes and social posts; OCR runs locally with no internet, copying clean text to clipboard.

Auto-monitors screenshots and extracts text via Apple's Vision framework, copying results to clipboard with searchable history and custom hotkeys.

Lightweight drag-and-drop OCR for images and PDFs that runs entirely offline on Apple's Vision framework, with multilingual recognition.

Safari extension that OCRs any paused online video, with a code-friendly mode that preserves indentation and multi-language support; recognition runs locally.

Compact OCR tool that converts images, PDFs, and even video frames into Word, Markdown, Excel, and other documents across many formats.

Screen and image OCR tool that grabs uncopyable text to the clipboard in 12 languages, with read-aloud; states it collects no user data.

Menu-bar hotkey OCR that grabs text from any screen region, image, PDF, or video frame and copies it instantly. Works fully offline across 30+ languages.

Hotkey screenshot OCR that copies extracted text straight to your clipboard, with smart paragraph segmentation and 16-language recognition.

Lightweight macOS OCR utility built on Apple's Vision framework; grab text from a screen region, clipboard image, or file, multilingual.

Captures on-screen text from your Mac and streams it to a companion iPhone for instant analysis, with on-device processing and no saved screenshots. Requires both apps.

Fast multi-format image viewer with AI OCR to select and copy text from images plus subject extraction to lift objects into other apps.

Batch image-to-text OCR (Text Fairy) that converts photos and gallery images to editable text in dozens of languages, with on-device processing and PDF export.

Lite version of Text Fairy: batch image-to-text OCR with multi-language support and PDF export; all processing happens on-device with no server uploads.

Grabs text from anywhere on screen via OCR with table recognition, processed offline with a privacy focus.

macOS text-extraction tool that pulls editable text from documents, images, screen captures and web pages into one workspace for export.

Grab any uncopyable text from screenshots, images, or videos on your Mac and have it copied straight to the clipboard, with multi-language recognition.

Minimal utility that grabs text from a screenshot using the native recognition engine, multi-language and offline with no internet required.

Hotkey screen-region OCR for Mac: select an area, grab uncopyable text, and send it to Perplexity/Google/Stack Overflow; supports 20+ languages, saves every capture.

Lightweight real-time camera OCR for macOS that extracts text from labels and screens offline, with optional cloud-enhanced recognition.

Lightweight grab-text tool: screenshot or photograph anything, swipe to select recognized text, then copy, share or translate it.

Hotkey screen OCR: drag over any uncopyable text on screen and the extracted text lands straight on your clipboard.

Generic image-to-text OCR converter that also handles Image-to-PDF and PDF-to-Word, extracting editable text from photos and screenshots.

Multi-panel split-screen Mac browser for parallel browsing whose AI touch is OCR text recognition to copy text directly from images.