ClariRec - Local-first screenshot OCR& translate for macOS. No tracking

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Free screenshot OCR for Mac, local by default via macOS Vision — no account, no upload. Press ⌥S to extract text, then translate or export instantly.

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ClariRec is a menu bar app that extracts text from screenshots, clipboard images, or files on your Mac. The default OCR engine is Apple's on-device Vision framework — your screenshots never leave your computer. There is no ClariRec cloud service, no analytics SDK, no crash reporter. Results exist only in memory. Translation works offline too — download a ~1.1GB local model and the entire screenshot → text → translation pipeline runs without any network request. **When local isn't enough:** Bring your own API key to connect cloud providers (DeepL, OpenAI, DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral, GLM, and more). Your data goes directly from your Mac to the provider you configured — ClariRec never sits in the middle. **Features:** - Screenshot OCR (⌥S), clipboard OCR (⌥V), file OCR - Translation: offline local model, system translation, Apple Intelligence (macOS 26), DeepL, and 10+ BYOK providers - Smart Text Cleanup: auto-repairs broken paragraphs from OCR - Markdown table export - Formula recognition (Pro): math screenshots → LaTeX with KaTeX preview - Cross-app translation via macOS Services or ⌥T - Editable results — fix typos and retranslate - Shortcuts & URL Scheme - VoiceOver, 7 UI languages **Pricing:** Free: on-device OCR, all translation, cleanup, export, Shortcuts. Pro ($9.99, one-time): BYOK cloud OCR + formula recognition. Native Swift/SwiftUI. macOS 14.0+. Solo developer.
How did GPT-5.6 change the ambition or scope of what you shipped?
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I use GPT-5.6 sol for code audit as well as problem solving. GPT-5.6 Sol helps 2 things in this version: (1) integrating GLM-OCR cloud recognition and (2) fixing saved API keys for translation-only providers.