This handy little utility lets you use text recognition to instantly capture anything on the Mac screen. Digitizes your scans and files to create searchable PDFs. Everything is done on your Mac to ensure full privacy and performance. Most features are free!
About OwlOCR 4.0 on Product Hunt
“Near instant text recognition for Mac!”
OwlOCR 4.0 launched on Product Hunt on December 13th, 2020 and earned 259 upvotes and 43 comments, earning #1 Product of the Day. This handy little utility lets you use text recognition to instantly capture anything on the Mac screen. Digitizes your scans and files to create searchable PDFs. Everything is done on your Mac to ensure full privacy and performance. Most features are free!
On the analytics side, OwlOCR 4.0 competes within iOS, Mac, Productivity and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 875.6k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how OwlOCR 4.0 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted OwlOCR 4.0?
OwlOCR 4.0 was hunted by Tommi Urtti. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of OwlOCR 4.0 including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Tommi Urtti