Image to Text - TextCapture 4+

TextCapture is a user-friendly OCR application designed for desktop Macs. It can extract and recognize text from various sources on your screen, such as images, scanned documents, PDFs, and videos. Additionally, it can convert OCR text into speech, making it a convenient alternative to complex OCR tools. The tool is intuitive, requiring no special skills or training, and it's accessible from the menu bar for easy use. If you're familiar with Mac's built-in screen capture, using TextCapture will be a breeze. Simply select any part of an image or document, and the app will process and recognize the text, saving it to your clipboard for easy pasting into other applications.

One standout feature is that TextCapture's OCR engine operates offline, ensuring privacy for users as it doesn't require an internet connection or collect any personal data. Use cases include converting various image formats to text, extracting text from non-searchable PDFs, reading text from images or documents, copying text from uncopiable sources like ebooks, extracting specific information like emails or phone numbers, and even reading QR or barcodes. It also allows you to generate alt text from screenshots for tweets.

Key features include on-device OCR technology, instant text recognition without the need to upload files, high accuracy even with low-quality images, customizable keyboard shortcuts, multilingual support, and compatibility with macOS versions from Catalina to Ventura, optimized for Apple's M1-M2 chips.