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.

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!

Congrats on the launch! Looks great, and would save a lot of time. The translation feature looks super useful too. Mainly would use OCR for converting text in images to text etc.

@silvia_odwyer1 thx mate! And the best everything is offline on your mac!

Congrats on the launch! Looks great, and would save a lot of time. The translation feature looks super useful too. Mainly would use OCR for converting text in images to text etc.

@silvia_odwyer1 thx mate! And the best everything is offline on your mac!

PixelRead AI OCR

Capture, translate, and understand any text on your Mac

Capture, translate, and understand any text on your Mac