Extract text from anywhere on your screen (OCR). Perfect for capturing text from videos, PDFs, presentations, or any app where copying isn't possible. ■ Highlights - Extract text from anywhere on your screen - Scan QR codes and barcodes - Works completely offline - Global keyboard shortcut to activate capture - Extract text from images on clipboard or files - Drag and drop images onto menu bar icon to extract text - Optionally shows captured text in a window with the ability to edit - Enables doing multiple captures and copy as a single text ■ Supported languages - English - French - Italian - German - Spanish - Portuguese - Chinese, Simplified - Chinese, Traditional - Cantonese, Simplified - Cantonese, Traditional - Korean - Japanese - Russian - Ukrainian - Thai - Vietnamese - Arabic - Arabic, Najdi - Turkish - Indonesian - Czech - Danish - Dutch - Norwegian Nynorsk - Norwegian Bokmål - Malay - Polish - Romanian - Swedish ■ FAQ ‣ How is this different from macOS Live Text? Unlike Live Text which only works in supported apps with images, this app works everywhere on your screen - including videos, webpages, and apps where Live Text isn't available. ‣ Can more languages be added? No, language support is controlled by macOS because the app uses macOS's built-in text recognition engine. More FAQs on the website. ■ Privacy Everything is done locally on your device. Nothing leaves your device. The app is not even able to connect to the internet due to self-imposed restrictions that are enforced by macOS (no network entitlement).
| Size | 3.4 MB |
|---|---|
| Initial release | |
| Price | $6.00 |
| Platforms | Mac |
| Languages | English |
| Category | Productivity |
| Website | sindresorhus.com/text-lens |
| Compatibility | |
|---|---|
| Mac | Requires macOS 26.0 or later. |
App's data is regularly updated.
Last update:
- The app now requires macOS 26. You can get the last macOS 15 compatible version from the app's website.
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Cut and paste files & folders
Inspect the system pasteboards
Put folders in the menu bar
Time awareness in your menubar
The built-in color picker
Run shortcuts from the menubar
AI Image Generator using Flux
Month calendar, one click away
Eyes that follow your cursor
Another clock in the menu bar
Group your menu bar items
Conquer one task at a time
Useful actions for Shortcuts
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Create and view color palettes
Remaining battery time/percent
Put text on Lock/Home Screen
Your Instant Mirror
Online status in your menu bar
Open apps & links from widgets
AI Speech-to-Text (Transcribe)
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Quickly draft notes and ideas
Put one task in your menu bar
Calendar events in menu bar
Check your internet speed
Inspect .DS_Store files
Browser picker
Simple audio recorder
Generate random numbers
AI-powered Shortcuts
Show time in menu bar & widget
Text-to-Image Stable Diffusion
The Current Week Number
AI magic powers on your wrist
Contacts on Lock & Home Screen
Sketch, Imagine, Unleash!
The missing clock
Photo home screen widgets
World clocks in your menu bar
Preview App & Menu Bar Icons
Simple notepad
Sticky Notes on Home Screen
Share files from menu bar
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Redact parts of an image
Supercharge system share menu
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