OCR — Text from Images

Extract text from images and screenshots using built-in OCR.

What Is OCR?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) lets you extract readable text from images and screenshots. Superclip uses Apple's built-in Vision framework for fast, accurate, on-device text recognition.

How to Use It

  1. Copy an image or take a screenshot — it appears in your clipboard history
  2. Select the image in the Superclip drawer
  3. Click the OCR action or choose Extract Text from the context menu
  4. The extracted text is displayed and ready to copy

What It Works On

  • Screenshots of web pages, documents, or presentations
  • Photos of text, signs, or labels
  • Any image with readable text

OCR works best with clear, high-contrast text. Handwritten text may have lower accuracy.

Actions After Extraction

Once text is extracted, you can:

  • Copy — copy the extracted text to your clipboard
  • Open in editor — edit the text in Superclip's rich text editor before copying

Privacy

All OCR processing happens locally on your Mac using Apple's Vision framework. No images or text are sent to any server.