Hey Product Hunt 👋 I built PixelRead because text on screen is still too often trapped inside screenshots, videos, PDFs, and apps. Existing OCR utilities usually stop at copying. I wanted one fast Mac shortcut that could also translate, speak, summarize, rewrite, extract details, and answer questions—without sending captured text to a server. Press ⌘⇧2, drag over any region, and PixelRead turns those pixels into actionable text. What you can do: • Capture text from any app, image, video, PDF, or webpage • Copy selected text instantly • Translate on-device with automatic source detection on macOS 26 • Listen using language-aware system voices • Use Apple Intelligence to summarize, rewrite, extract key details, or ask focused questions • Keep OCR, translation, and AI processing on your Mac PixelRead is free and runs on macOS 15.2+. Translation and Apple Intelligence features require macOS 26 and supported hardware. I’d especially love feedback on the capture workflow and which text actions you use most. Thanks for taking a look!

PixelRead AI OCR

Capture, translate, and understand any text on your Mac

Capture, translate, and understand any text on your Mac