Capture, translate, and understand any text on your Mac
PixelRead turns any text on your Mac screen into something you can use. Select text directly or press ⌘⇧2 and draw a region over an image, video, PDF, website, or app. Then copy it, translate it on-device, listen with system voices, or use Apple Intelligence to summarize, rewrite, extract key details, and ask questions. OCR, translation, and AI processing stay on your Mac. Free for macOS 15.2+; Translate and AI features require macOS 26.
PixelRead AI OCR launched on Product Hunt on 2026-08-21 and has 77 upvotes and 4 comments so far.
This tool is described as free to use.