Hey folks. Anand here, developer of Ghost Text.
Sometimes the text is trapped:
In a screenshot
Inside a scanned PDF
Burned into an image
On a video tutorial where you just want the code snippet
Normally, you’d either retype it manually, or open some clunky OCR tool.
Ghost Text does the job.
It lets you grab unselectable text instantly — anywhere on macOS.
Select an area of your screen, boom, you get text.
Works offline, private, fast.
Designed for devs, writers, students, researchers — anyone tired of retyping what’s already on their screen.
I’d love to hear:
• Does this solve a real pain for you?
• What would make it more useful in your workflow?
• If you’re using something else today (OCR, screenshot apps, etc.), what do they do better?
You can try Ghost Text for macOS here: https://www.ghosttext.app
Thanks for checking it out 🙏
Honestly, this app is amazing. The offline functionality alone makes it super useful, and the fact that it's totally free just puts it on another level. Hard to beat that, really. Great job to you.
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@tack_alexander Thanks a ton, really means a lot! Keeping it offline and free was a big goal from day one I wanted it to be fast, private, and accessible without worrying about costs. Super glad that part stands out to you
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I tried GhostText, and it works perfectly with images.
Thank you buddy for giving it try
this is exactly what i needed. Really helpful.
@mohit_yadav42 It my pleasure, that my product help you in some way
great work dude!
@maihuaditya Thanks buddy, more to go
Wow. Looks so good. Great work by the developer 💯
@divyanshu_rai4 thank you, got to do what i love to do
Very helpful and made things simple for me!
@arnav_chohan thanks man
Honestly, this app is amazing. The offline functionality alone makes it super useful, and the fact that it's totally free just puts it on another level. Hard to beat that, really. Great job to you.
@tack_alexander Thanks a ton, really means a lot! Keeping it offline and free was a big goal from day one I wanted it to be fast, private, and accessible without worrying about costs. Super glad that part stands out to you