Quilt
Turn screen captures into searchable PDFs with local Vision OCR.
Overview
Quilt is a native macOS screenshot-to-PDF and document automation tool designed to turn uncopyable screen content, slide decks, and digital textbooks into structured, searchable PDFs. Built 100% local-first using Apple's Vision framework for OCR, it lets users automate keypress/click navigation to capture multi-page material seamlessly and feed clean PDFs directly into AI workflows (like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini).
Pricing: Free tier; $32.99 one-time Pro lifetime license
Minimum macOS: 14.0 (Sonoma)
Architecture: Apple Silicon, Intel
Key Features
- Automated continuous capture with custom key press or mouse click navigation
- On-device Vision OCR to generate fully searchable, copy-pasteable PDFs completely offline
- Seamless scroll capture to grab long web pages and chat threads into single images
- Built-in review gallery with annotations, redactions, 3D mockups, and batch cropping
- Multi-format exports (PDF, ZIP archive, GIF, PNG, JPEG, HEIC, WebP)
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