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https://github.com/amebalabs/trex

Copy any text on your screen, stop retyping.
https://github.com/amebalabs/trex

macos ocr productivity screenshot swift textrecognition tools

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Copy any text on your screen, stop retyping.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/amebalabs/trex
Owner: amebalabs
License: mit
Created: 2021-02-19T16:54:51.000Z (over 3 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-03-27T18:38:09.000Z (8 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-10-15T04:02:24.118Z (29 days ago)
Topics: macos, ocr, productivity, screenshot, swift, textrecognition, tools
Language: Swift
Homepage: https://trex.ameba.co
Size: 19.9 MB
Stars: 1,250
Watchers: 10
Forks: 40
Open Issues: 7
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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# TRex 🦖

TRex captures any text right into your Clipboard with magic of OCR.

But what is OCR anyway? Imagine you have a PDF file or a Web page where you can't select the text, image with text on it, or even a YouTube video. Forget retyping it manually; with TRex, you can extract text from anywhere, and it is as easy as taking a screenshot.

TRex lives in the menu bar and available right where you need it the most:

![TRex](Resources/screenshot.png)

To use TRex:
1. Invoke "Capture" either through the menu bar or with a global configurable shortcut
2. Select an area of the screen you want to extract text from, just like taking a screenshot
3. There is no third step - **extracted text is in your clipboard**

Demo:

![Demo](Resources/demo.gif)

Please note, text editing application on the right is not part of TRex, this is [Tot](https://tot.rocks).
TRex is designed to be invisible and doesn't have any UI beyond the menu bar app and preferences.

## Use cases
TRex can help you to copy text from:
- A PDF with non-selectable text
- A screenshot
- YouTube video
- Zoom call screen sharing
- ... and more!

If you can see it on your screen - TRex can copy it.

## How to get TRex
### App Store
Buy TRex from the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trex-easy-ocr/id1554515538)

### GitHub
Download from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/amebalabs/TRex/releases/latest)

### Homebrew
Install from Homebrew

```
brew install trex
```

Runs on macOS Big Sur (11.0) and up.

## Features

Every feature in TRex works offline, no internet is needed.

- 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

## Integrations

### Alfred

[Download official workflow](https://github.com/amebalabs/TRex/raw/main/Resources/TRex.alfredworkflow)

![Alfred](Resources/alfred.png)

### Raycast

[Download official Raycast Commands](https://github.com/amebalabs/TRex/tree/main/Resources/Raycast/TRex%20Commands)

![Raycast](Resources/raycast.png)

## Acknowledgements

Portions of this software utilize the following copyrighted material, the use of which is hereby acknowledged:
- LaunchAtLogin - Copyright (c) Sindre Sorhus (sindresorhus.com)
- KeyboardShortcuts - Copyright (c) Sindre Sorhus (sindresorhus.com)

## More Apps

If you enjoy TRex you may like these as well:
* [SwiftBar](https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar) - Powerful macOS menu bar customization tool
* [Esse](https://github.com/amebalabs/Esse) - Swiss army knife of text transformation for iOS and macOS