Image Reader (OCR)

Easily get words out of an image with OCR engine!

Image Reader (OCR) - Extract Text from Images

Image Reader (OCR) is a Firefox add-on that enables the extraction of text from images. It utilizes an open-source OCR library, Tesseract, made via an Emscripten port of the Tesseract OCR engine. This add-on requires users to select an appropriate OCR language before performing the operation and uses an external repository to fetch necessary language data for OCR.
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Add-on stats

By: Sevina
Users: 685
31
Rating: 3.20
(10)
Version: 0.1.4 (Last updated: 2021-05-24)
Creation date: 2018-11-10
Weekly download count: 28
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 1.47M
URLs: Website

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# 3,843 ▲ 3
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Image Reader (OCR) (v0.1.8)
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Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

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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.

User reviews

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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
User reviews
by Thang Nguyen, 2023-09-09
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Risk impact

Image Reader (OCR) does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Image Reader (OCR) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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