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Image Reader (OCR)
Easily get words out of an image with OCR engine!
What is Image Reader (OCR)?
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Summary
Image Reader (OCR) addon helps you easily get words out of any image. It uses an open-source OCR library called Tesseract. Tesseract.js is an open-source JavaScript library and is made via an Emscripten port of the famous Tesseract OCR Engine written in C and C++. Please visit this GitHub page to get more info.
To work with this addon, simply open the addon's interface and load your image via the file selector (top section). Before using the addon, please make sure to select the appropriate OCR language. Default OCR language is set to English.
Note: this addon uses tessdata GitHub repo to fetch language data required for the OCR operation. Language data packs are very large in size and cannot be included in the add-on package.
To report bugs, please fill the bug report form on the addon's homepage.
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User reviews summary
Pros
- One of the best OCR programs
- Has potential to be perfect with additions
- Simple and to the point
Cons
- Does not work on Android
- Does not have option to capture selections
- Cannot work on multiple images at once
Most mentioned
- Doesn't work on Android
- Cannot capture selections
- Difficulty in starting the tool
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Safety
Risk impact
Image Reader (OCR) is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.
Risk likelihood
Image Reader (OCR) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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