/copy-text-from-image-service

A macOS right click service that OCRs an image and copies the text to your clipboard

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Right Click Copy Text from Image

A macOS "right click" Automator service that OCRs an image and copies the text to your clipboard.

Usage

Once installed you can right click images with text in them, then, at the bottom, either under Services alone, there will be a Copy Text from Image option in the context menu. Clicking this option will run the service and copy any readable text in the image to your clipboard.

Installation

  • Install tesseract (brew install tesseract)
  • Double click the Copy Text from Image.workflow and install from the prompt.