# 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:  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:  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 melonamin/formulae/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 Official Alfred workflow  ## 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