May be of interest to some around here: TextBuddy
TextBuddy is a single window of text with over 100 useful commands you can run to turn your text into the format you need, extract some data, or jot down a quick note.
This blog post from the developer does a good job of showcasing features. Free to use and reasonable pricing.
I know how the guy feels when he says âHow can you not feel like youâre onto something when the Internetâs Resident Mad Scientist says âI tried it out for 5 minutes and immediately purchased.â â
Whoa the features of capturing text from screenshots and Transcribing Text from Video and Audio Files looks incredible.
Looks like a knock-off of TextSoap â which has been around for 20+ years. Iâve used it for most of that time. Indispensable. IMO, far more features in TextSoap. Menubar, macOS services, and also a PopClip extension for TextSoap.
TextBuddy sounds interesting, but for those stuck in the MacOSâs before Big Sur, it is not available.
OCR of images/screenshots probably can be done by a number of programs. Keyboard Maestro is one that many on this forum have.
TextBuddy is not really a proper Mac app and not a text editor. No âOpenâŚâ command to open a file (Command-O is for OCR). Dropping a text file on it copies the text into a âTextBuddyâ window and doesnât allow for editing and saving the file, as far as I can tell.
Sorry, is there anything on the TextBuddy website that says it is a text editor?
Says
a single-window of text with 128 useful commands you can run to transform , sort , and filter your text into the format you need, extract some data, or jot down a quick note.
That is the beauty of this app. Itâs a manipulator, not an editor. I like its simplicity. Dump your text in from [somewhere], do your transformations, then copy out to [somewhere else].
I emailed the developer (who responded very fast) asking about regular expressions in search and replace. Itâs coming.
Thanks for recommendation. Tried 5 minutes and paid for it straight away. Extremely useful app!