OCR apps for Mac

OCR apps recognize text in images, screenshots, scans, and video frames, turning it into text you can copy, edit, or process. They can help extract document details, read image text aloud, or create subtitles from burned-in captions.

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Muse

Productivity
A visual bookmark manager for collecting links, images, videos, and notes in one library.
Bookmarks
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PulseShot

Productivity
Screenshot and screen recording app with editable markup and a video editing timeline.
Screen capture Screen recording
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Vehicare

Lifestyle
Vehicle maintenance tracker that builds service histories from mechanic invoices and estimates upcoming maintenance.
Vehicle maintenance
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Gatterie

Photo & Video
Visual browser for photos, videos, documents and 3D models in existing folders, without importing.
File management Photo management
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GeekLink

Photo & Video
Subtitle creation and editing software that extracts burned-in captions or transcribes speech.
OCR Transcription
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1Capture

Utilities
Screenshot and screen recording tool with annotation features for visual feedback.
Screen capture Screen recording
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Aloud

Productivity
Text-to-speech app for documents, articles, and images, with word-by-word highlighting.
Text to speech
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SimplyShot

Photo & Video
Screenshot and screen recording app with scrolling capture and built-in editing tools.
Screen capture Screen recording
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Shottr

Productivity
Screenshot capture and annotation tool with scrolling capture for pages and conversations.
Pixel measurement Screen capture
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Savvyshot

Productivity
Screenshot capture and editing tool with on-device text recognition for automatic redaction.
Image editing Screen capture
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Keyboard Maestro

Productivity
Mac automation software for combining actions across applications, websites, text, and images.
Automation
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TextSniper

Productivity
A screen text recognition tool that copies non-selectable text to the clipboard.
OCR