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Copy text from anywhere on screen Drag over text in any app, picture, or paused video and FrameCast copies the words. Screenshots are searchable by their text too.
Where to find it ⇧⌘5 → capture bar → Text
How to do it 1 Press ⇧⌘2, or open the capture bar with ⇧⌘5 and choose Text .
2 Drag over the text you want.
3 The words are on your clipboard. Paste them anywhere.
Good to know For a screenshot you already took, right-click it on the Screenshots page and choose Copy Text in Screenshot , or use Copy Text on its thumbnail. With Replace macOS screenshot shortcuts off, the shortcut is ⇧⌥⌘2.
Who can use it Free
Where it works Mac This guide answers How do I copy text from an image on Mac? Can I copy text from a video or a screenshot? How do I grab text I can't select? What is the OCR shortcut in FrameCast? Related guides Take a screenshot
Screenshot an area, a window, or the whole screen with the keys you know. Each one is copied, named from the words in it, and kept for you.
Turn a video into a brief for ChatGPT, Claude or another AI
Make a timestamped JSON of what was said and shown in a video, plus an optional ZIP with images and a storyboard, to give to an LLM. Runs on your Mac.
Find and organize your screenshots
The Screenshots page shows every screenshot by day. Search by the words in them, then rename, move, copy links, or delete several at once.
Show live captions on screen
Turn your speech into on-screen captions as you talk, transcribed on your Mac. Captions are recorded into the take. Needs macOS 26.
Still stuck? Support covers install, permissions and how to send feedback from the app.
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