About
Meet lightning-fast OCR on Mac. TextSniper is an application that can extract text from a selection on your screen. Forget about taking notes - install TextSniper to capture and save important information.
Extract text from graphics, documents or videos
For TextSniper there is nothing non-textual. The app uses advanced OCR technology to instantly extract text from anywhere on your screen. Whether it's an online presentation, a YouTube video, a graphic, or a PDF document, use TextSniper to turn anything into editable text.
As easy as copy-paste
To extract text, press Cmd+Shift+2 and select any area of the screen. TextSniper will automatically recognize the text inside the photo and save it to the clipboard. Then, use the familiar Cmd+V to paste text anywhere. You can change the keyboard shortcut if you want.
Save what's important
TextSniper essentially helps you avoid clutter by quickly capturing only the most important information. Keep your text in paragraph form or stick to line breaks. TextSniper even gives you a text conversion feature to let the app read for you.
Accessible from menu bar
You can open TextSniper directly from the menu bar to start capturing or configure certain settings (change keyboard shortcuts or select the option to preserve line breaks when copying text). The rest of the time the application remains invisible and will not disturb you at all.