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Get any text on your screen into your clipboard.

25 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 2 stories, 23 comments · first 2021-05-21 · latest 2025-09-24

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  1. I made/use this to get around the inability to select text: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by schappim · 2025-09-24 · in Just let me select text
  2. Mine is https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by schappim · 2025-04-13 · in Ask HN: What Small Side Project Are You Most Proud Of?
  3. I have been using this one for quite a while, it works well for me: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR (I'd say my number one use is snagging urls out of Zoom presentations, quicker and easier than a screenshot)
    comment by blacksmith_tb · 2024-11-04 · in Show HN: I launched a super cheap and simple to use OCR tool for macOS
  4. …macOS that extends beyond simply opening a document in Preview and attempting to select the text: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR I like the author.
    comment by schappim · 2024-03-15 · in TextSnatcher: Copy text from images, for the Linux Desktop
  5. If you want to do this a lot easier use: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by schappim · 2024-01-03 · in How to do OCR on a Mac using the CLI or just Python
  6. I'm a huge fan of this little ocr tool isntalled through brew onto my macbook https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by tough · 2024-01-02 · in How to do OCR on a Mac using the CLI or just Python
  7. …the bounds will be converted to text. You can install it w/ brew install schappim/ocr/ocr [1] https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by schappim · 2023-09-10 · in macOS users: what have you installed with brew?
  8. Mac only but I am a happy user and can recommend https://github.com/schappim/macOCR Just rediscovered the Shortcuts a couple days ago while installing it on a friend's mac.
    comment by tough · 2023-04-28 · in NormCap: OCR powered screen-capture tool
  9. …with macOCR today! Price: $0 MRR: $0 Copy reworked by: GPT Prompt: “Rewrite for hacker news:” URL: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by schappim · 2023-01-27 · in Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
  10. https://github.com/schappim/macOCR - macOCR is a command line app that enables you to turn any text on your screen into text on your clipboard. When you envoke the ocr command, a "screen capture" like cursor is shown. Any text within the…
    comment by schappim · 2023-01-27 · in Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
  11. …I made macOCR a while back. It uses the same vision APIs, with a very simple CLI interface. See: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by schappim · 2023-01-12 · in Building an Internet Scale Meme Search Engine
  12. …this for myself, copying text out of everything, it turns out a few other people also like it... https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by schappim · 2022-12-21 · in Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
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    MacOCR – command line OCR app for macOS
    story by schappim · 2022-11-22 · 1 comment
  14. FYI if you’re on a Mac, I’ve made this similar tool: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by schappim · 2022-11-22 · in Frog: OCR Tool for Linux
  15. …our national airline - EPG and remote recording app for cable company - MacOCR command line app: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by schappim · 2022-11-19 · in Ask HN: What is the most impactful thing you've built?
  16. I use macOCR[1] from the terminal for that. [1]: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by mrzool · 2022-06-16 · in macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
  17. …I also made a "life management" app marcusOS [2], that does all the usual things you'd expect. [1] https://github.com/schappim/macOCR [2] https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/cdn.amplifier.app/Sh...
    comment by schappim · 2022-04-14 · in Ask HN: Have you created programs for only your personal use?
  18. fyi, free and opensource (Swift) alternative to TextSniper, works with Alfred too: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by DavideNL · 2022-03-06 · in What's the problem with old but excellent Mac apps?
  19. And if you want to invoke it from Terminal: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by terramex · 2021-10-01 · in Less known macOS apps you will legitimately want to use every day
  20. …invoke the app using the likes of Alfred.app, LaunchBar, Hammerspoon, Quicksilver, Raycast etc. [1] https://github.com/schappim/macOCR
    comment by schappim · 2021-06-13 · in Ask HN: Tools you have made for yourself?
  21. …about the rotation though. [1] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/vision/vnrecognize... [2] https://github.com/schappim/macOCR/blob/master/ocr/main.swif... [3] https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/121048
    comment by darcien · 2021-05-22 · in Show HN: I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen
  22. …The actual code here that isn't just Xcode boilerplate is in this very simple to read file: https://github.com/schappim/macOCR/blob/master/ocr/main.swif...
    comment by nexuist · 2021-05-22 · in Show HN: I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen
  23. …in source control? N.B.: the parent post was talking about ./Pods/Pods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj https://github.com/schappim/macOCR/blob/ca9a6379e07a8e1a5eaa...
    comment by usui · 2021-05-22 · in Show HN: I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen
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    Show HN: I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen
    story by schappim · 2021-05-22 · 80 comments
  25. https://github.com/schappim/macocr
    comment by schappim · 2021-05-21 · in Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?