/SwiftReader

MacOS OCR reader. Copy text anytime, anywhere.

Primary LanguageSwiftMIT LicenseMIT


MacOS OCR reader. Copy text anytime, anywhere.


Features

  • Text capture overlay
  • Text recognition level
  • Intuitive user interface
  • Custom keybinds and preferences
  • Apple Vision
  • Built natively using Swift and Objective C
  • MacOS 11.3.1+ support

Getting Started

  1. Download the latest version of SwiftReader immediately via Releases

    Alternatively, SwiftReader can also be built from Source.

  2. Run SwiftReader and accept the Screen Recording permission. This must be enabled to capture and read text.

  3. Voilà! SwiftReader should be successfully installed and ready for use.

Building from source

  1. Download Xcode 12.5.1+ from the Appstore or Apple's Website.

  2. Clone and extract the latest Release of the source code.

  3. Open the Xcode project and select [Product -> Archive].

    After the app is done archiving, select [Distribute App] and codesign as either Developer ID or Development.

Road map

  • Reduce animation preferences
  • Visualize copied text
  • Copied text formatting (eg. code snippets)
  • Handwritten text recognition
  • Backwards compatibility

Submit a feature request

If you would like to see a feature implemented, please Submit a Feature Request. Ideas are warmly welcome and may recieve future implementation.

Create a bug report

If you have an issue or recieve an error, please Create a Bug Report. This will help further SwiftReader development and is greatly appreciated.



MIT License

Copyright 2022 Ethan Roessler

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.