
Capture2text
ABBYY Screenshot Reader
dpScreenOCR
Textify
KanjiTomo
Easy Screen OCR
Q-Dir
Instantly extract any text from your Mac's screen

Mem0
Memori
Agentmemory
Supermemory
Tempreon
cognee
TheSecondBrain.dev
Portable, verifiable memory for AI agents — works across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and any MCP client

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Based on our record, TextSniper seems to be more popular. It has been mentioned 35 times since March 2021.
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TextSniper is an easy-to-use desktop Mac OCR app that can extract and recognize any non-searchable and non-editable text on your Mac's screen. As an extra feature, it can turn OCR text into speech. It is a super convenient alternative to complicated optical character recognition tools. The...
ChainMemory gives your AI agents persistent memory that belongs to YOU — not to a single vendor. Save a memory in ChatGPT, recall it in Claude or Gemini. Available via Chrome extension, MCP server (npm), or REST API. Every memory gets a cryptographic fingerprint and project states are anchored...
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Continuing working on my project - TextSniper https://textsniper.app/ macOS application for text recognition. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
I am still working on https://textsniper.app. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
For OCR of any PDF (or frozen hard-to-read jpg), I use the $12 forever TextSniper (https://textsniper.app). Source: over 3 years ago
Tracking ChainMemory since Jul 2026.
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Persistent memory for Claude Code, Codex & coding agents
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