OCR Text Scanner
OCR Text Scanner is a document and image processing app for macOS that converts printed text, handwritten notes, and images containing text into editable digital text. It is typically used by students, researchers, office workers, and professionals who need to digitise paper documents, extract text from photographs, or make scanned PDFs searchable. The app performs optical character recognition (OCR) to identify and extract text from image files and convert them to standard formats like TXT or PDF.
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1 suggestionWe could not find any recent information about OCR Text Scanner's development status or whether a native Apple Silicon build has been released. Given that Apple is removing Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028) — just over two years away — it is important to clarify this urgently. Contact the developer directly through their website or support channel to ask whether a native Apple Silicon build is available now or planned before September 2028, since an Intel-only build will stop launching once Rosetta is removed. In the meantime, if you are on an Apple Silicon Mac, your current copy will continue to run under Rosetta 2, but this will not be an option after macOS 28 ships. As an actively maintained alternative with confirmed native Apple Silicon support, consider apps like Prizmo, TextSoap, or Adobe Acrobat's built-in OCR functionality — all run natively on M-series Macs and offer comparable text extraction and document digitisation features.
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