TextSniper

Stop wasting time manually retyping text from images, videos, slides, and locked PDFs. TextSniper is the ultimate native macOS utility that lets you copy the uncopyable.

With a simple keyboard shortcut, click and drag over any area of your screen—whether it's a YouTube video, a Zoom presentation, an unsearchable PDF, or a graphic. TextSniper’s lightning-fast, advanced on-device OCR instantly recognizes the text and copies it straight to your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere.

Key Features

• Capture Text From Anything: Extract text effortlessly from images, videos, live streams, online lectures, ebooks, and non-searchable documents.
  
• Blazingly Fast & Accurate: Powered by high-precision on-device text recognition that rivals cloud-based engines.
  
• Scan QR Codes & Barcodes: Instantly decode QR codes and barcodes directly from your screen with a single capture.
  
• Text-to-Speech Integration: Have your Mac read captured text aloud—ideal for proofreading or reviewing dense articles.
  
• Multi-Language Support: Recognizes over 25 languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, and more.
  
• 100% Private & Offline: Operates entirely on your Mac. No internet connection required, and zero personal data or screen content is ever collected or sent to external servers.
  
• Lightweight Menu Bar App: Runs quietly in the background without cluttering your Dock.