# Selectable

> Selectable is a native macOS menu bar app that captures and extracts text from anywhere on your Mac's screen, including images and videos. Built by Frmwrk Software Private Limited. One-time purchase from $6.99, no subscription. Requires macOS 11 or later.

## Product

- [Selectable](https://selectable.so/home.md): Make anything selectable. Capture and extract text from anywhere on your Mac’s screen, including images and videos. Instantly translate (on macOS 26+), listen with TTS, and mask sensitive data.
- [Download](https://selectable.so/download.md): Download the latest version of Selectable for macOS.
- [Press Kit](https://selectable.so/press-kit.md): Official Selectable brand assets: app icon, wordmark, logo, screenshots, marketing images, trailer.

## Policies

- [Refund Policy](https://selectable.so/refunds.md): 14-day refund window for Selectable, processed via Paddle.
- [Privacy Policy](https://selectable.so/privacy.md): Selectable processes everything on-device. No data collection, no telemetry, no third-party SDKs.
- [Terms of Service](https://selectable.so/terms.md): Terms governing use of Selectable.
- [End User License Agreement](https://selectable.so/license.md): Selectable is licensed, not sold. This agreement defines how you may use the app.
- [Acknowledgements](https://selectable.so/acknowledgements.md): Open-source packages and licenses used by the Selectable website.

## Resources

- [Support](https://selectable.so/support.md): Get help with Selectable.
- [Blog](https://selectable.so/blog.md): Thoughts on text extraction, productivity, and building tools for macOS. From the team behind Selectable.
- [Turn screen captures into Markdown and JSON on Mac](https://selectable.so/blog/turn-screen-captures-into-markdown-json-mac.md): Plain OCR gives you text. Smart Capture gives you structure. Drag over a table or list and get clean Markdown or JSON on your clipboard, on-device.
- [Copy text from images and videos on Mac](https://selectable.so/blog/copy-text-from-images-and-videos-mac.md): Text trapped in screenshots, videos, and images is not selectable. Here is how to extract it instantly on macOS without retyping.
- [Why text on your screen isn't always selectable](https://selectable.so/blog/why-text-isnt-selectable-on-screen.md): Not all text on your Mac is selectable. This post explains the technical reasons behind unselectable text and what you can do about it.
- [How to translate text from anywhere on your Mac](https://selectable.so/blog/translate-text-anywhere-mac.md): Translation tools break when text is not selectable. Learn how to translate text from images, videos, and any visual content on macOS.
- [How to copy text from PDFs that won't let you select](https://selectable.so/blog/copy-text-from-unselectable-pdfs-mac.md): Some PDFs do not let you select text. This post explains why, and shows how to extract text from scanned and protected PDFs on macOS.
- [How to extract text from videos on Mac](https://selectable.so/blog/extract-text-from-videos-mac.md): Videos are full of text you cannot select. Subtitles, code, URLs, slides. Here is how to extract text from any video frame on macOS.
- [How to read text aloud from images on Mac](https://selectable.so/blog/read-text-aloud-from-images-mac.md): Standard text-to-speech does not work on images. Learn how to extract and read aloud text from screenshots, photos, and visual content on macOS.