Formula screenshot to LaTeX, or paste it into Word as an editable equation. On-device OCR, translation and formula recognition for macOS. No API key, no account.
ClariRec turns screenshots into LaTeX, text and translations, on your Mac. No account required.
Formula Recognition:
- Printed math formulas to LaTeX
- 20 successful on-device recognitions per calendar month on eligible Macs; Pro removes the limit
- On-device engine: ~1.4GB download, no API key, works offline (Apple silicon, 16GB memory or more)
- Or BYOK VLM (Custom API, Qwen; Pro)
- Formula focus mode shows the typeset result without OCR text; copy raw, inline, or display LaTeX
OCR:
- Screenshot OCR (⌥S): select a screen area to extract text
- Clipboard OCR (⌥V): recognize text from a clipboard image
- File OCR: pick an image file from Finder
- Continuous mode: back-to-back screenshots without closing the window
- Smart Cleanup: auto-repair hyphenated breaks and misjoined paragraphs
- Markdown Table: copy recognized tables as Markdown
Translation:
- Local model: ~1.1GB download, fully offline, pause/resume
- System translation: Apple Translation framework (macOS 15+)
- Apple Intelligence: macOS 26+, no download or API key
- BYOK: DeepL, Mercury-2, Anthropic, DeepSeek, GLM, SiliconFlow, Grok, OpenRouter, or compatible endpoint (Custom API, Qwen, Mistral)
- OCR and translation engines are independent, switch either in the result window
- Technical text protection: preserves URLs, code, file paths in LLM translation
- 11 target languages including Simplified/Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic
- Services & Mini HUD (⌥T): translate selected or clipboard text from any app
Result Display:
- Popup: floating window with source image and extracted text
- HUD: compact pill, auto-dismisses
- Silent: clipboard only, system notification
- Text size: adjust the result text from 12 pt to 20 pt with the Aa control or ⌘+ / ⌘- / ⌘0
- Window width: adjust the result window from 360 pt to 560 pt in the Display popover or Settings
BYOK OCR (Pro):
- Replace system OCR with a cloud provider via your own API key
- GLM-OCR (BigModel / Z.ai), Mistral, Qwen, Google Vision, Azure, Baidu, or compatible endpoint (Custom API)
- Provider setup and connection testing are free; execution requires Pro
Editable Result:
- Edit recognized text and retranslate without rerunning OCR
- Type or paste text directly to translate
macOS 26 Document Recognition:
- Native table and list recognition with Markdown export
Other:
- VoiceOver support; 8 UI languages
- System OCR and local translation run entirely on-device, no analytics or account system
- macOS 14.0+; system translation macOS 15+; Apple Intelligence and document recognition macOS 26+
- Pro (unlimited local formula recognition, BYOK remote OCR and formula providers): one-time in-app purchase
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Version 2.4.7
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Supported Features
VoiceOver
Dark Interface
Information
Seller
国栋 朱
Size
6.5 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
Languages
English and 7 more
English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese