DarkText OCR is a fast, lightweight macOS menu bar app that lets you capture text from anywhere on your screen and instantly copy it to the clipboard
DarkText OCR is a fast, lightweight macOS menu bar app that lets you capture text from anywhere on your screen and instantly copy it to the clipboard.
With a single shortcut, you can select any area on the screen, extract the text using OCR, and use it immediately—no window switching, no distractions.
DarkText OCR is designed for speed and focus. It lives quietly in the menu bar and is always ready when you need it.
Key features:
Capture text from any screen area using OCR
One-step copy to clipboard
Optional mini editor after capture
Trim spaces
Remove line breaks
Merge lines
Undo support
Clipboard history for quick reuse
Global keyboard shortcuts
Lightweight, native macOS app
All processing happens locally on your device. No data is collected or transmitted.
Localization:
DarkText OCR is fully localized in:
English
Italian
French
German
Spanish
Simple, fast, and always available, DarkText OCR turns anything you see into editable text in seconds.