Extract text from anywhere on your screen (OCR). Perfect for capturing text from videos, PDFs, presentations, or any app where copying isn't possible.
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Trex Alternatives
Trex is described as 'TRex captures any text right into your Clipboard with magic of OCR' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Trex for Mac and Windows. The best Trex alternative is Text Lens. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try TextShot or TextGlance. Other great apps like Trex are TextSniper, Kaizen OCR, CopySight and ZenOCR.
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TextSniper is a super useful app to quickly capture unselectable text. Use it to capture and recognize text from presentations, trainings, screencasts,images, pictures, webpages, video tutorials, photos, PDFs etc. Literally from anywhere on your mac's screen.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
TextGlance makes it effortless to grab text from anywhere on your Mac. See text you can't select in videos, images, or PDFs? Just drag a lasso and get editable text instantly. On-device OCR, no cloud uploads.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Kaizen OCR is a free, lightweight desktop app for Windows that lets you extract text from images, screenshots in seconds.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
CopySight is a free, native macOS utility that turns text inside images, video frames, locked PDFs, remote desktops, and other non-selectable content into text you can paste. Press Control-Command-2, drag over a screen region, and CopySight recognizes it locally with Apple's...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
ZenOCR is a menu bar OCR app for macOS. Trigger it with a global shortcut to capture any part of the screen, or drag an image or PDF onto it, and it extracts the text instantly. It can convert PDFs to Markdown while preserving tables and math (LaTeX), which makes it handy for...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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LudyLens is the fastest screen OCR app for Mac. Capture text from videos, images, PDFs, or any app. Pin it. Edit it. 100% on-device.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Ever needed to quickly grab text from an image, a non-selectable PDF, a video, or a website that blocks copying? Hawkr makes it effortless. With a simple keyboard shortcut, you can capture any text visible on your screen and have it instantly copied to your clipboard.
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Simplify your workflow with Textly – the ultimate tool for capturing text, copying it, and pasting it wherever you need. Whether you’re working on a project, taking notes, or organizing information, Textly makes text management seamless and efficient.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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