Extract text from anywhere on your screen (OCR). Perfect for capturing text from videos, PDFs, presentations, or any app where copying isn't possible.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Mac
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Trex Alternatives
Apps similar to Trex include Text Lens. It's paid, but TextShot and Kaizen OCR are free. Other options are TextSniper, TextGlance, CopySight and ZenOCR. You can choose from more than 10 Screenshot Capture Tools like Trex for Mac and Windows.
Alternatives list
78 TextSniper alternativesTextSniper 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
United States
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- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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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
- United States
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
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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
Spain- EU
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
- United States
FreezeText is an OCR text recognition tool for macOS. Capture text from anywhere on your screen with a single keystroke. FreezeText freezes the screen and makes any visible text copyable via OCR — whether running videos, disappearing popups, protected PDFs, or hover effects in...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Germany- EU
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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
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Textly is a macOS utility that captures text and editable tables from images, videos, PDFs, and app windows, with built-in translation and clipboard history.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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