TextSniper
Extract text from visuals
Mac
Version 1.12.1
macOS 10.15 or later
6.4 MB
1 languages
Meet lightning-fast text recognition on Mac. TextSniper is an app that can extract text from a selected portion of your screen. Forget taking notes — get TextSniper to capture and save what’s important.
Save notes from videos, tutorials, etc.
Copy and paste text from an image
Quickly capture words from a web page
Capture text from paper documents
TextSniper features
Capture text from graphics, docs, or video
Nothing is non-textual for TextSniper. The app uses advanced OCR technology to instantly extract text from anywhere on your screen. Whether it’s an online presentation, YouTube video, graphical image, or PDF document, use TextSniper to turn anything into editable text.
As easy as copy & paste
To extract text, press Cmd+Shift+2 and select any portion of the screen. TextSniper automatically recognizes text inside the screenshot and saves it to your clipboard. Then, use the familiar Cmd+V to paste your text anywhere. You can change the shortcut if you like.
Keep what’s important
TextSniper essentially helps you avoid clutter by quickly capturing only the most important information. Save your text as a paragraph or keep the line breaks. You can even use TextSniper’s text-to-speech feature to have the app read it to you.
Available from the menu bar
You can access TextSniper from your menu bar to start capturing or customize some settings (change the keyboard shortcut or choose to keep line breaks when copying text). At other times, it stays unnoticeable and out of your way.
Ratings and reviews
TextSniper
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3379 ratings
Cristiano d Alcantara
Jan 23, 2026
App version: 1.12.1
I think this is a great app, I can’t imagine working without it anymore. Congrats!
Richard Ellis
Jan 17, 2026
App version: 1.12.1
Amazing app. I had a problem with getting the app to work and the support was wonderful. Rarely do you get instant help and quality human support in today’s world. Great app, great people behind it.
Nigel Waters
Jan 14, 2026
App version: 1.12.1
Text sniper does what it says, particulary for stubborn PDFS or images that you can’t copy or edit.
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