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Description
Turn any text you see on screen into usable text—images, videos, PDFs, slides, and apps that don’t allow selection. Copy, translate, summarize, open links, and more in one drag.
Privacy-first, fast, and lightweight. TextScoop runs OCR and AI features locally on your Mac.
1. Copy from anywhere—fast
• Drag to select. Release to copy.
• Real text on your clipboard in one motion—no app switching.
2. Capture precisely (add/subtract while dragging)
• Hold ⇧ (or ⌥ in Settings) to add or subtract regions in one pass—fewer retries than rectangle-only tools.
• Get exactly the text you want—nothing extra.
3. Optional after-copy mini editor, with built-in cleanup
• Review & edit before you paste—changes auto-copy to your clipboard.
• One-step fixes: Remove Line Breaks & De-hyphenate, Trim, Remove Blank Lines.
• Find & Replace + Undo/Redo.
4. Copy tables and QR/barcodes
• Copy tables as CSV, TSV, Markdown, or HTML (paste into Excel/Numbers/Notion, etc.)
• Scan QR and barcodes; contents copy automatically.
5. Instant actions—not just copying
• Open detected links · Search the web
• Look Up (Dictionary/Wikipedia/Siri Knowledge)
• Translate · Summarize · Key Points
• Read Aloud · Share · Send to Services
6. Combine captures, paste once
• Turn on Keep adding to last copy to build one block from snippets—perfect for a collect-as-you-go workflow.
• Can auto-clear after ⌘V so your next copy starts fresh. (Auto-clear requires Accessibility permission.)
7. Always ready—menu bar or shortcuts
• Lives in the menu bar; click to run actions anywhere.
• Assign hotkeys for everything—make it truly one-step.
How it works
1. Choose an action from the menu bar or a shortcut
2. Drag to select on screen
3. Release to copy, translate, summarize, etc.
(Tip: Hold Shift or Option—configurable—to add/subtract regions. Press Esc to cancel.)