TextMan is a Mac app that lets you select and extract text from websites, PDFs, images, and videos. You draw a rectangle around the text on your screen, and it uses OCR to copy it to your clipboard. It supports multiple languages and keeps all processing local to your device.
Features
Select Screen Region
Select any text on your screen by drawing a rectangle to start OCR detection. It works with websites, PDFs, videos, and images, allowing you to extract text that's on your screen.
Let it Float
See the scanned text in an overlay and let it read aloud from macOS.
Paste Anywhere
Have all detected text in your clipboard, ready to paste into any text field.
Find it
Hold down the Command Key (⌘) to find the recognized text with your favorite search engine.
Don't Repeat Yourself
Scanned texts are collected in a workflow list and can be restored to your clipboard.