TextSniper
Extract text from visuals
Mac
Version 1.13.0
macOS 12.0 or later
5.8 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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3635 ratings
Ronald Wilhelm
Oct 24, 2026
App version: 1.13.0
Was working reliable for years, stopped working on MacOS Golden Gate. Apparently there is a fix, but the developer doesn't publish it or update the app. Annoying.
Response from Developer
Yesterday
This issue is due to a system bug in macOS 27 Golden Gate. I have submitted a bug report to Apple and am currently awaiting a resolution. In the meantime, I am working on a workaround and recently released an update. However, as some users are still experiencing performance issues that require an individual approach, please contact me directly at [email protected]. To help speed up the process, please include "macOS 27 Issue/Setapp" in your subject line. I look forward to hearing from you.
Fabio Scarsi
Oct 20, 2026
App version: 1.13.0
Needs some configuration since macOS 27.0.1 I used TextSniper every day for years, and it was fast and reliable. Since the update to macOS 27.0.1, every capture often takes one minute, so the app is now nearly unusable. I read that the developer suggests turning off automatic language detection as a workaround. That is not possible for me because I use English and Italian every day. Please fix it. P.s. Following the programmer’s instructions, it now works again instantly and correctly in both Italian and English.
Oleksandr Katkov
Oct 19, 2026
App version: 1.13.0
UPD: the team came up with realy working advice! Used it for years being enourmosly happy to copy and paste any text from images any second. On 27.0.1 (26A434) first started lagging and now it just «recognizing text» endlessly even not being stuck. Please, fix! I need you!
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