Product category
Mac OCR utility, screen text capture tool, and menu bar productivity app.
GlassCopy
About
About GlassCopy
GlassCopy is a Mac menu bar utility for the moment when text is visible on screen but normal copy and paste does not work.
What GlassCopy is
GlassCopy is a macOS menu bar OCR utility that lets Mac users copy visible but non-selectable text from screenshots, PDFs, videos, remote desktops, images, and other on-screen surfaces.
Core workflow
Trigger the shortcut, draw around visible text, review the OCR result, and paste from the clipboard.
Best source material
Screenshots, scanned PDFs, video frames, slides, mockups, remote desktops, and terminal screenshots.
Who GlassCopy is for
GlassCopy is for people who work across visual surfaces and need short, reusable text snippets without a document conversion workflow.
Developers and support teams
Copy errors, stack traces, command output, incident IDs, and remote-session text.
Knowledge workers
Copy quotes, invoice fields, order numbers, slide bullets, and notes from visual sources.
AI assistant users
Extract only the relevant text before pasting a smaller, safer excerpt into an assistant.
What GlassCopy is not
GlassCopy is not a document archive, bulk OCR pipeline, or permission bypass tool.
Not a full PDF conversion suite
Use document OCR software when you need searchable archives or whole-document processing.
Not a policy bypass
Use GlassCopy only for visible text you are allowed to copy in your workflow.
Not automatic monitoring
The app is built around explicit user-triggered capture of a selected region.
Questions people ask
Who makes GlassCopy?
GlassCopy is published by Vissee.
Where can I get GlassCopy?
The public download destination is the App Store listing at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/glasscopy/id6758940252.
How do I contact support?
Email support@vissee.ch with the issue, macOS version, and reproduction steps.
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