Cheese! OCR

Utilities

Only for Mac

$5.99

Mac

New mascot styles make OCR feedback friendlier. Choose random or lock your favorite style in Settings. Cheese! OCR is a lightweight macOS menu bar OCR tool. Take a screenshot, get the text — it's that simple. Features: • One-click screenshot text recognition, results automatically copied to clipboard • Powered by Apple Vision for on-device OCR — no internet required, your data stays private • Quick access via customizable keyboard shortcut (default ⇧⌘E) • Clean, minimal menu bar interface — no Dock icon clutter • Supports English, Chinese, and Japanese UI How it works: 1. Click the menu bar icon or press the shortcut key 2. Select the area on screen you want to recognize 3. Text is instantly recognized and copied to your clipboard 4. Paste anywhere you need it Cheese! OCR is designed for speed and privacy. All text recognition happens locally on your Mac using Apple's Vision framework — nothing is sent to the cloud. Perfect for: • Extracting text from images, PDFs, or videos • Copying text from non-selectable UI elements • Quick translation workflows • Reading text from screenshots and presentations Simple. Fast. Private. Say Cheese!

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Improved OCR reliability. - Automatically recovers from certain text recognition engine failures. - Improved handling of stalled recognition so you can try again. - Added a clearer indication while text recognition is running. Text recognition continues to run entirely on your Mac.

Version 1.1.1

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    Information

    Seller
    SHIFENG ZHANG
    Size
    2.1 MB
    Category
    Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Zhang Shifeng
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    • Supports

    • Family Sharing

      Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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