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Alternative to TextSniper for Mojave?

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ma-oo-lilly

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Mar 30, 2019
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Hello everyone!

I love to use TextSniper on my M1 MBA.

But I can't find a similar app which works on my iMac (2019) under Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6.

I need an app to extract and recognize any non-searchable and non-editable text on my Mac's screen (OCR) and copy it to my clipboard.

I like to grab only an area with text and not the full window.

Is there an app that could do this in Mojave?

Thanks
 
ma-oo-lilly said:
Is there an app that could do this in Mojave?
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I don't think so.

Why have you not updated from Mojave to a more recent macOS? Preferably Ventura. Apart from solving your TextSniper problem, you would gain a better performing and more secure computer along with consistency between your two Macs.
 
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ma-oo-lilly said:
Hello everyone!

I love to use TextSniper on my M1 MBA.

But I can't find a similar app which works on my iMac (2019) under Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6.

I need an app to extract and recognize any non-searchable and non-editable text on my Mac's screen (OCR) and copy it to my clipboard.

I like to grab only an area with text and not the full window.

Is there an app that could do this in Mojave?

Thanks
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Picatext?

picatext - Stop typing. Start copying. - The lightweight OCR for Mac

www.picatext.com www.picatext.com

I don’t know it’s os requirements
 
Shottr has an older build that works on 10.14. It's a fantastic tool that has replaced TextSniper for me. Worth a try for $0.
 
gilby101 said:
I don't think so.

Why have you not updated from Mojave to a more recent macOS? Preferably Ventura. Apart from solving your TextSniper problem, you would gain a better performing and more secure computer along with consistency between your two Macs.
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Yes, I'm reluctant to upgrade, because I'm worried about perhaps once again losing some of the mac OS beloved features as in the past.

Examples: I know it's been a long time, but I still miss deeply the old SPACES and the COVER FLOW function.

It seems I am not alone:

TotalSpace3, Apple please wake-up! | Apple Developer Forums

developer.apple.com developer.apple.com

Why didn't Apple put back Cover Fl… | Apple Developer Forums

developer.apple.com developer.apple.com

But I should test Ventura on my MBA M1 on which Big Sur is still running.
 
kmaute said:
Shottr has an older build that works on 10.14. It's a fantastic tool that has replaced TextSniper for me. Worth a try for $0.
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Thanks kmaute, but shotrr customer service mailed me: ... OCR ... not supported on macOS 10.14
 
I found this one - it is not as as comfortable as TextSniper, but it works on Mojave:

apps.apple.com

‎Text Scanner - PDF & Dokument

‎A text information tool for identifying pictures, which mainly includes text recognition, form recognition, card identification, and supports more than ten language special recognition. [Introduction] Text Scanner - is a powerful image scanning tool based on AI's leading deep learning...
apps.apple.com

Thank you very much for your efforts.
 
ma-oo-lilly said:
But I should test Ventura on my MBA M1 on which Big Sur is still running.
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Is there some kind of app like "Ventura App Checker" which checks/scans all my installed programs if they are compatible with macOS Ventura (roughly comparable MacUpdater)?
 
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