Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac


Capture2text is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Greenshot, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Capture2text and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Capture2text are Snagit, NormCap, CamScanner and Text Lens.


Text recognition finally made easy, super efficient and confidential (no server, your data stays on your device). Textify analyzes images, recognizes text, and creates PDF files with the text integrated such that the files are searchable. Or you can simply export to a .txt file.




Never get annoyed by unselectable text on websites, PDFs, images or system user interfaces again. Just select the region of your screen in the same manner as you would take a screenshot and find all recognized text in your clipboard ready to get pasted anywhere.



not8 enables to write notes directly on the team website, and share them with colleagues. These notes will help to efficiently share feedback and reviews between colleagues, without the necessity of video explanations, long emails or screenshots.





TextGlance makes it effortless to grab text from anywhere on your Mac. See text you can't select in videos, images, or PDFs? Just drag a lasso and get editable text instantly. On-device OCR, no cloud uploads.



Blazing fast screen translator built with WinUI 3 & NativeAOT. OCR and AI translation overlay for any Windows application.

Quilt is your utility for effortlessly turning anything on your screen from books in apps like Apple Books, HTML slides or textbooks even into a PDF with custom keybinds or mouse clicks.

LudyLens is the fastest screen OCR app for Mac. Capture text from videos, images, PDFs, or any app. Pin it. Edit it. 100% on-device.

