Textly: Capture Text & Tables

Textly — Capture Text & Tables from Anywhere on Your Mac

Ever needed to copy text from a screenshot, video, scanned PDF, or application where selecting text isn't possible? Textly makes it effortless.

Textly is a lightweight, privacy-first macOS utility that lets you capture text and tables from almost anything visible on your screen. No manual retyping, complicated workflows, or switching between multiple tools.

Key Features

Text Capture — Copy the Uncopyable Extract text from screenshots, images, videos, PDFs, presentations, websites, and application windows. Simply select the area you want to capture and paste the recognized text wherever you need it.

Table Capture — Preserve Rows and Columns Turn tables from screenshots, PDFs, presentations, and other on-screen content into editable data. Textly recognizes table structure and preserves rows and columns, making it easy to reuse information in Excel, Numbers, and other applications.

Instant Translation Capture text and translate it into your preferred language directly from your Mac. Useful when working with foreign-language documents, websites, or images.

Clipboard History Keep track of previously copied text and quickly access or reuse it whenever needed. Reduce repetitive copying and keep important information within reach.

On-Device OCR with Apple Vision Textly uses Apple's Vision framework for text recognition, allowing text capture to work locally on your Mac without requiring an internet connection.

Multilingual Text Recognition Recognize text in multiple languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and more. Recent macOS versions also expand language recognition support.

Simple, Native Mac Experience Access Textly through its menu bar interface or keyboard shortcuts. Capture content quickly and paste it into notes, documents, spreadsheets, emails, and other applications.

Who Is Textly For?

• Students capturing information from lectures, slides, and PDFs.
• Researchers extracting text and tables from reference materials.
• Developers copying code snippets from screenshots and tutorials.
• Professionals working with reports, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Anyone who frequently encounters text that cannot normally be copied.

Pricing

Textly is free to download and includes a 3-day free trial without an upfront purchase. After the trial, users can choose a 6-month subscription or a lifetime purchase.

Available on the Mac App Store.