Textinator

Textinator is here to make your life easier when it comes to optical character recognition. This handy software lets you use the macOS screenshot tool to grab text from anything on your screen. It automatically copies any text it finds in screenshots straight to your clipboard! Plus, it works with multiple languages and the best part? It’s completely free and open-source!

Setting Up Textinator

Before you can start using Textinator, you’ll need to give it full disk access. If you don’t see a prompt for this, just head over to System Preferences, then Security & Privacy, and click on Privacy. Look for Full Disk Access, add Textinator to that list, and make sure the box is checked.

How It Works

Once you’ve set everything up, Textinator will work smoothly with your screenshot function. Every time you take a screenshot, the app will scan it automatically. Any text it detects gets sent directly to your clipboard! Just a heads-up: if you rename or move a snapshot, the software might treat it as a new image and process it again.

Language Support

Textinator already supports several languages right out of the box! You can also configure it to always recognize English even if you're working in another language. This feature is super handy when you're dealing with various types of content.

Tweaking Detection Settings

You can also adjust the confidence threshold in Textinator. This setting controls how strict the detection algorithm is. A high confidence level might ignore some text, while a lower level could lead to mistakes or false detections.

The Accuracy Factor

This app uses Apple’s own OCR technology, so you can expect pretty accurate results most of the time. What really makes Textinator shine is how easy it is to extract text from anywhere on your screen! It may be simple in design but super useful for anyone who needs quick text extraction.

If you're ready to give this tool a try, check out Textinator now!