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title: "Text Capture for Mac, a free Droplet in Droppy"
description: "Select text anywhere on screen or choose an image or PDF. Recognition stays on your Mac, preserves document structure when macOS supports it, and keeps recent results in a private local history widget."
canonical: "https://getdroppy.app/features/ocr"
last-updated: "2026-10-27"
---

# Copy text out of anything.

Text Capture

Select text anywhere on screen or choose an image or PDF. Recognition stays on your Mac, preserves document structure when macOS supports it, and keeps recent results in a private local history widget.

![Text Capture in Droppy on a MacBook Pro: its page in Settings, a real render of the app](https://getdroppy.app/assets/features/screens/ocr-20261027.webp)

[Download for macOS](https://getdroppy.app/download/latest) [Purchase](https://getdroppy.app/#pricing)

Free with Droppy. Switch it on in Settings, Droplet Store.

## What it does

Select any screen area or choose an image or PDF to extract its text privately on your Mac. Recent successful results stay available in the OCR notch widget, while macOS 26 can also preserve document lists and tables as Markdown.

- Select any screen area with the system capture tool
- Read images and PDFs entirely on device
- Preserve lists and tables as Markdown on macOS 26
- Reopen recent extractions from the notch

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## Related features

[Element Capture Capture specific screen elements, annotate with arrows, shapes, text, and blur, then send screenshots to the clipboard, a folder, Droppy Cloud, or any mix of those. Perfect for grabbing and marking up UI components, icons, or any visual element. Learn more](https://getdroppy.app/features/element-capture) [Camera Adds a Camera widget to the notch for a live front-camera preview. Learn more](https://getdroppy.app/features/camera) [Notch Shelf Hover the notch and it opens into a shelf: Now Playing, your calendar and any widgets you pick, right under the camera. Learn more](https://getdroppy.app/features/notch-shelf)

## Ready to try Droppy?

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[Download for macOS](https://getdroppy.app/download/latest)