picatext ocr app

Features of our OCR tool

Did you ever have to typewrite a text from an image? Maybe someone sent you an e-mail with a scanned document and now you have to retype every single sentence. With picatext you can get rid of that! Just choose your image or select a region on the screen and picatext will do the rest for you.


File extraction

With picatext you can open nearly any image format from your file system and extract the text from it.

Screen extraction

Open up picatext, drag a rectangle around a part of your screen and get the included text of it immediately.

Languages

picatext supports character recognition for over 40 different languages. Just select the appropriate language and get your text in no time.


Hotkey

No swapping between applications. Use picatext by hitting the shortcut CTRL-CMD-ALT-P.

Copy to clipboard

Use your recognized text immediately from your clipboard.

Makes you feel better

Enjoy the time you saved on retyping text!

OCR made simple

We think that OCR technology should be easy accessible for everyone.

Examples of OCR using picatext

Here are some samples of picatext at work.


picatext is a lightweight and slim OCR tool for OSX

We think that tools should be simple and clear. No needless distractions. Just the things you need.

Tips & Tricks To Enhance Your OCR Results

OCR systems can save you a lot of time, but sometimes they don't function perfectly. To improve your productivity and get the most out of picatext here are some tips which you should take into account.


Resolution

Use images with a high resolution.

Contrast

Make sure your image is sharp and has a good contrast.

Fonts

Don't use uncommon fonts. A good indicator is that the text is easily readable.

Decoration

The text should not include text decoration such as underlines.

Texture

Don't use text on textured background.

Noise

Use images with little or no noise.

Stop typing. Start copying. - with picatext OCR