Lightning‑Fast
Try the full experience with zero friction. Install and start extracting in minutes — no credit card required.
Lightweight
Grab text from screenshots, images, or live regions instantly. Built for speed so you stay in flow.
PDF Friendly
Open a PDF and extract exactly what you need — titles, tables, paragraphs — without the formatting mess.
One‑Click Actions
Copy, translate, or speak the result with a single click. Keyboard shortcuts keep you even faster.
Offline
Recognize and translate across dozens of languages seamlessly — perfect for global work and study.
Secure
Listen to extracted text in natural voices. Great for proofreading, learning, or hands‑free review.
Stays out of the way, always ready on a shortcut
Lightweight and unobtrusive. Launch with a hotkey, get results instantly, and get back to work. No clutter. No friction.
Understands your text—whatever the language
Auto-detects the language or lets you pick manually. Works across dozens of major languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean).
Scan QR codes right from your Mac’s screen
No phone required. Detect and open QR links instantly — from PDFs, slides, or websites — without breaking your flow.
Everything you copied, organized and searchable
Never lose an important snippet again. Your extracted text lands in a neat history so you can revisit, favorite, and reuse anytime.
Unnoticed until you need it. Always one click away. The simplest way to get text off your screen — fast.
“macOS OCR has completely transformed my workflow. I can extract text from any screenshot in seconds and translate it instantly. It’s become an essential tool for my daily research.”
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Alex Smith
UX Designer
“The speed and accuracy of this OCR tool is incredible. I use it daily for extracting text from PDFs and images. The hotkey feature makes it so convenient that I forget it’s even there until I need it.”
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Maria Johnson
Data Analyst
“As a content creator, I often need to extract text from various sources. macOS OCR makes this process effortless. The QR code scanning feature is a bonus that I didn’t know I needed!”
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James Wilson
Content Creator
“The multilingual support is fantastic. I work with documents in multiple languages daily, and this app handles them all flawlessly. The text-to-speech feature helps me proofread content quickly.”
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Emma Rodriguez
Translator
“Privacy was my main concern with OCR tools, but this app processes everything locally on my Mac. No data is sent to servers, which gives me peace of mind when working with sensitive documents.”
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Sam Lee
Legal Consultant
“Simple, fast, and reliable. macOS OCR does exactly what it promises. The copy history feature is incredibly useful for keeping track of extracted text. Highly recommend to anyone who works with text daily.”
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Taylor Brown
Software Developer
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