TRex - Free OCR App to Copy any Text on Your Screen for macOS

Here's a friendlier version of the TRex description:

Ever felt stuck when you couldn't copy text from an image or video? We've all been there! Meet TRex App, your new text-grabbing buddy that's here to make your life easier! 🦖✨

Think of TRex as your personal copy-paste superhero that lives right in your Mac's menu bar.

Need to grab text from a YouTube video? A Zoom call? That PDF that just won't let you select anything? TRex has got your back!

Here's the magic: just click the TRex icon (or use a super-quick shortcut), select what you want to copy, and poof – it's in your clipboard! No more squinting at your screen while retyping everything by hand.

The best part? TRex uses smart OCR technology that works right on your Mac – no internet needed! Your data stays private and secure, just the way you like it.

So go ahead, install TRex, and let it handle all your text-capturing needs. It's like having a friendly dinosaur assistant who's always ready to help!

Simple, fast, and actually fun to use – that's TRex for you! Ready to make copying text from anywhere a breeze?

The app integrates easily with many macOS apps such as Alfred, Raycast, and many more.

Features

• Text recognition (OCR)
• Read QR Codes and barcodes
• Handy macOS menu bar app, with option to hide it
• Configurable global shortcuts
• Configurable recognition language
• Custom words list
• CLI tool /Applications/TRex.app/Contents/MacOS/cli/trex
• Automation actions
  • Run a Shortcut from Shortcuts.app
  • Open URLs found in QR codes
  • Detect and open URLs found in captured text
  • Trigger a user defined URL scheme (for integration with other apps)
• URL scheme support
  • trex://capture trigger capture from screen
  • trex://captureclipboard trigger capture from clipboard
  • trex://captureautomation trigger screen capture and run automation
  • trex://captureclipboardautomation trigger capture from clipboard and run automation
  • trex://shortcut?name= set Shortcut assigned to "Run Shortcut" automation action
  • trex://showPreferences open app preferences

License

MIT License

Resources & Downloads

• Home
• Github

TRex

Download TRex for free. Copy any text on your screen, stop retyping. TRex is the easiest way to copy uncopyable text from images, YouTube videos, Zoom calls, and more. If you can see it - you can copy it.

SourceForge

GitHub - amebalabs/TRex: Copy any text on your screen, stop retyping.

Copy any text on your screen, stop retyping. Contribute to amebalabs/TRex development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHubamebalabs