Image Reader (OCR)

Easily get words out of an image with OCR engine!

What is Image Reader (OCR)?

Image Reader (OCR) is an intuitive Chrome extension that helps users convert any image into a readable text using the Tesseract OCR engine. With the options of selecting the OCR language, the Image Reader caters to a global audience. This extension fetches language data from GitHub, making it more efficient and lightweight.

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By: Sevina

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Users: 30,378 ▲ 118

Rating: 3.89 (19)

Version: 0.1.7 (Last updated: 2023-12-07)

Creation date: 2019-08-27

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

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Size: 7.87M

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# 4788 ▲ 29

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#608 in Tools ▲

#88 in reader keyword 96 ▲ 2

#126 in image keyword 89 ▼ 3

#223 in package keyword 18 ▲ 5

#236 in language keyword 91 ▼ 1

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Summary

Analyze keywords

Image Reader (OCR) extension 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 (https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js) 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 the "https://github.com/naptha/tessdata/tree/gh-pages/" GitHub repo to fetch language data required for the OCR operation. Language data packs are very large and cannot be included in the addon package.

To report bugs, please fill the bug report form on the extension's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/image-reader.html).

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