We explain five ways to extract text from Mac screenshots: Live Text in Preview, Quick Look, system-wide Live Text, Shortcuts automation, and third-party tools such as Shottr and TextSniper. Preview and Quick Look are good for saved files; Shortcuts suits repeatable workflows; TextSniper and Shottr are presented as fastest and better for frequent developer use. We include exact Shortcut steps, limitations, an OCR comparison table, image-quality tips, and our workflow for sending the original screenshot with visual context to AI assistants for $29 one-time.

[How to Copy Text from Screenshots on Mac: OCR Methods Explained](<https://www.lazyscreenshots.com/blog/copy-text-from-screenshot-mac-ocr/>)

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