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I thiiiiiiiiink it's technically part of Preview (you can paste it into that app after you take a screenshot): https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/interact-

I thiiiiiiiiink it's technically part of Preview (you can paste it into that app after you take a screenshot): https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/interact-with-text-in-a-photo-prvw625a5b2c/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/interact-with-text-i... I don't THINK there is a way to do it straight from the snipping tool, but someone correct me if I'm wrong. Edit: Personally I use the paid Cleanshot app, which is not only great for OCR but all sorts of screenshots, videos, and annotations: https://cleanshot.com/ https://cleanshot.com/ You just drag a box around the text, click "OCR", and it gets copied into your clipboard. I find it easier & faster than having to deal with Preview. I think the free Shottr does the same: https://shottr.cc/ https://shottr.cc/

reaperducer 3y ago
I don't THINK there is a way to do it straight from the snipping tool, but someone correct me if I'm wrong. It can be done from the screenshot tool. Take the screenshot, and an icon will appear in the lower-right corner of the preview. Click that icon and it selects all of the text in the preview. If you don't want all to select all of the text in the window, just select the text in the image the same way you'd select text in any other program. I find it easier & faster than having to deal with Preview. OCR is system-wide on macOS without Preview.
- solardev 3y ago
  Great, thanks for the explanation!
  - mediumsmart 3y ago
    Have a look at textgrabber in this article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38711357 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38711357
    - solardev 3y ago
      I think the parent is saying you don't need any third-party apps anymore, it's just built in to macos now.
      - mediumsmart 3y ago
        It does say that yes, and that is correct. at least it is on my macos. Did you try textgrabber? The article refers to 2024.
0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
On Linux, I created a little script which uses maim to capture a user selected screen region, save that to a file, run tesseract, and dump the output to stdout. Since it is all digital (minus weirdo fonts) the OCR should be perfect.

reaperducer 3y ago

I don't THINK there is a way to do it straight from the snipping tool, but someone correct me if I'm wrong. It can be done from the screenshot tool. Take the screenshot, and an icon will appear in the lower-right corner of the preview. Click that icon and it selects all of the text in the preview. If you don't want all to select all of the text in the window, just select the text in the image the same way you'd select text in any other program. I find it easier & faster than having to deal with Preview. OCR is system-wide on macOS without Preview.

solardev 3y ago
Great, thanks for the explanation!
- mediumsmart 3y ago
  Have a look at textgrabber in this article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38711357 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38711357
  - solardev 3y ago
    I think the parent is saying you don't need any third-party apps anymore, it's just built in to macos now.
    - mediumsmart 3y ago
      It does say that yes, and that is correct. at least it is on my macos. Did you try textgrabber? The article refers to 2024.

0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago

On Linux, I created a little script which uses maim to capture a user selected screen region, save that to a file, run tesseract, and dump the output to stdout. Since it is all digital (minus weirdo fonts) the OCR should be perfect.