Turn images into usable text in seconds. Capture text from screenshots, PDFs, images, or even live camera input directly from your menu bar, with fast recognition, translation, annotation, and instant clipboard access.
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Shottr is a menu bar app with scrolling screenshots, text recognition (OCR), annotation (draw lines, arrows, and simple shapes) and measurement instruments. Optimized for M1.
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This menu bar app enhances the screenshot feature from macOS, it allows you to capture, text, objects, QR and Barcodes.
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OwlOCR turns unselectable text on your screen, in images, and in PDFs into editable, searchable text. It uses Apple Vision OCR locally, with optional AI for messy screenshots, scans, and complex layouts.
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