Image Reader (OCR)

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.
Stats
By: Sevina
Users: 30,000+
Rating: 3.70 (23)
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
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 7.87M
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Image Reader (OCR)
Image Reader (OCR) (v0.1.7)
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Summary

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).

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • supports a variety of languages
  • works separately from chrome
  • drag and drop feature makes it easier to use
Cons
  • inaccurate Chinese character recognition
  • slow character recognition
  • makes everything unreadable
Most mentioned
  • supports a variety of languages
  • inaccurate Chinese character recognition
  • drag and drop feature makes it easier to use
Recent reviews
devoir dll l'image sur le pc, puis la soumettre a l ad on est contraignant ! as quoi sert un ad de navigateur, si c'est pour juste traduire les textes des images contenu dans notre bibliothèque d'image ?
by fabrice trainant fabrice trainant, 2024-03-17

Não funciona bem.
by Caio Caio, 2024-03-06

对英文识别效果挺好。对中文支持不太理想,会有错别字。还请优化中文识别。
by Knowing Horse Knowing Horse, 2024-03-04
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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 good reputation and can be trusted.

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