TextLift

TextLift is a Python macOS menu bar app for copying text from visible images or video frames.

Press Command+Shift+T, drag around the text, and TextLift copies the OCR result to the clipboard.

Setup

./script/setup_env.sh

Test OCR

./script/test_ocr.sh

Build App

./script/build_app.sh

The built app is written to dist/TextLift.app.

Run

./script/run_app.sh

On first use, macOS may ask for Screen Recording permission. Enable it for TextLift in System Settings, then restart the app.

If Command+Shift+T is already claimed on your Mac, TextLift falls back to a Quartz event tap. macOS may then also require Accessibility or Input Monitoring permission for TextLift.