Optic — Screen OCR
Screen OCR
Select any text on screen and copy it — images, PDFs, dialogs, anything.
View on the App StoreHow to Copy Text from an Image on Mac
You have text trapped inside an image — a photo of a whiteboard, a scanned document, a meme — and no way to select it. Here's how to pull it out instantly.
Read moreScreen OCR for Mac — Select and Copy Any Text
Text on your screen that you can't select or copy — inside images, videos, dialogs, or locked interfaces. A screen-level OCR tool fixes that.
Read moreHow to Extract Text from a Screenshot on Mac
You took a screenshot to save some text, but now you need that text as actual characters you can edit and search. Retyping it defeats the purpose.
Read moreHow to Copy Text from a Non-Selectable PDF on Mac
Some PDFs look like normal documents but won't let you select a single word. The text is there visually, but it's trapped as a flat image layer.
Read moreQR Code Reader for Mac — Scan from Screen
A QR code appears on your Mac screen — in an email, a document, a web page — and your only scanner is the phone in your pocket. There's a faster way.
Read moreHow to OCR Text from a Video or Stream on Mac
A tutorial shows a terminal command, a stream flashes a URL, a lecture displays a formula — and you can't pause fast enough to type it all out.
Read moreHow to Copy Error Messages from Dialogs on Mac
An error dialog pops up with a technical message and no copy button. You're left retyping gibberish error codes just to search for a fix.
Read moreMac Live Text Limitations — What It Can't Do
Apple's Live Text works in a few places but silently fails in many others. If you rely on it for screen OCR, you'll hit walls fast.
Read moreTextSniper Alternative for Mac
Looking for a screen OCR tool that goes beyond basic text capture — with QR scanning, capture history, and text-to-speech built in.
Read moreHow to Copy Code from a Screenshot on Mac
A tutorial, a tweet, or documentation shows code as an image. Retyping it introduces bugs. Here's how to extract it as selectable text.
Read moreRead Text Aloud from Any Screen Content on Mac
You want to hear text on your screen read aloud — from an image, a locked document, a video frame — but your Mac's built-in speech only works on selectable text.
Read moreOCR Receipts on Mac — Extract Text from Photos of Receipts
You photographed a receipt for expense reporting, but now you need the vendor name, total, and date as copyable text — not a photo you have to retype from.
Read moreHow to Copy Text from a Zoom Screen Share on Mac
A colleague shares their screen on Zoom showing a URL, a config, or data — but you can only watch, not select or copy any of the text you're seeing.
Read moreMac Screenshot to Text — Extract Words from Any Capture
You take screenshots constantly, but turning those captures into editable, searchable text still requires retyping everything you see.
Read moreHow to Copy a Serial Number from an Image on Mac
A serial number sits in a photo or scan — long, alphanumeric, impossible to retype without errors. You need it as copyable text, not pixels.
Read moreOCR Handwriting on Mac — Convert Written Notes to Text
You photographed handwritten notes — from a whiteboard, a notebook, or a sticky note — and need the words as editable digital text.
Read moreText Recognition from the Mac Menu Bar
You need quick text recognition without opening a full app, importing files, or disrupting your workflow — just a fast grab from whatever is on screen.
Read moreHow to Copy Text from a YouTube Video on Mac
A YouTube video displays a command, a link, or a piece of information you need — but the video player won't let you select any text from the video frame.
Read moreHow to Scan a QR Code from a Screenshot on Mac
You have a screenshot of a QR code on your Mac, but no way to scan it — your phone camera can't read a screen, and macOS offers no built-in decoder.
Read moreOCR Foreign Language Text on Mac
Text in a foreign language appears on screen — in an image, a document, or a video — and you need to copy it even though you can't type those characters yourself.
Read moreHow to Copy Text from an Image in Slack on Mac
A teammate shares a screenshot in Slack — an error log, a config, a dashboard — and the text inside it is just pixels you can't copy or search.
Read moreMac Preview OCR Limitations — What It Misses
Preview handles images and PDFs but can't extract text from most of them. If you've tried to copy text from a scanned PDF or photo in Preview and got nothing, here's why.
Read moreBatch OCR Screenshots on Mac — Process Capture History
You have a collection of screenshots containing text you need — but processing them one by one through a traditional OCR tool is tedious and slow.
Read moreHow to Copy an Address from an Image on Mac
A delivery label, a business card photo, or a scanned letter contains an address you need — but it's trapped in an image with no way to select it.
Read moreOCR Code Snippets on Mac — Copy Code from Tutorials and Screenshots
Code appears as an image in a tutorial, documentation, or a shared screenshot — and retyping it means introducing bugs one misplaced character at a time.
Read moreText-to-Speech from Any Screen Content on Mac
You want to listen to text that's on screen — in an image, a scanned PDF, a video frame — but your Mac's speech tools only work on text you can highlight.
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