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Text Lens

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Extract text from anywhere on your screen (OCR). Perfect for capturing text from videos, PDFs, presentations, or any app where copying isn't possible.

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Country of Origin

  • NO flagNorway

Platforms

  • Mac
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  No Tracking
  2.  No registration required
  3.  Works Offline
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  OCR
  6.  QR Code Reader
  7.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
  8.  Barcode Scanner
  9.  Extract text from image
  10.  Drag and Drop

 Tags

  • text-copy
  • capture-text-from-screen

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Text Lens information

  • Developed by

    NO flagSindre Sorhus

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.

  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $6.

  • Alternatives

    32 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Text Lens was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on Mar 30, 2025 and this page was last updated Mar 30, 2025.
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What is Text Lens?

Extract text from anywhere on your screen (OCR). Perfect for capturing text from videos, PDFs, presentations, or any app where copying isn't possible.

Highlights

  • Extract text from anywhere on your screen
  • Scan QR codes and barcodes
  • Works completely offline
  • Extract text from images on clipboard or files
  • Drag and drop images onto menu bar icon to extract text
  • Customize keyboard shortcuts

Supported languages

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Chinese, Simplified
  • Chinese, Traditional
  • Cantonese, Simplified
  • Cantonese, Traditional
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • Thai
  • Vietnamese
  • Arabic
  • Arabic, Najdi

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