Fast OCR

Name: Fast OCR
Rating: 3.8 (42 reviews)
Author: iDooy

Free! Copy text with OCR from images, videos, PDF scanned and local images of your computer.

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Fast OCR is a free Chrome extension that leverages intelligent OCR technology to extract text effortlessly from images, videos, PDF scanned files, and local images on your computer. Users can easily circle content within webpages to capture text, bypassing restrictions and streamlining data extraction.

The extension supports OCR identification across any software or location on your computer, including batch uploads and proofread capabilities. It can process over 200 pages of scanned PDFs, supports copy-paste and screenshot pasting for OCR, and allows drag-and-drop image recognition. Additionally, Fast OCR keeps a history of text extraction results for easy proofreading and quick copying to notes.

With Fast OCR, text extraction becomes efficient, accurate, and accessible for users needing quick access to textual content from various media sources.

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By:

iDooy

Users:

32,732+ 1.21K

Rating:

3.80

(42)

Version:

1.2.8 Last updated: 2024-01-01

Creation date:

2022-11-05

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size:

498.81K

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Full description:

Source:

Edge Add-on Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 859 ▲ 4

Other rankings

#18 in fart keyword 9

#20 in transfer keyword 16

#42 in computer keyword 22 ▲ 3

#52 in french keyword 14 ▼ 2

#67 in disable keyword 32 ▲ 3

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Fast OCR (v1.2.8)

20,000+ 3.81

(42)

User reviews

User reviews of Fast OCR highlight its fast and mostly accurate text recognition which is convenient for light usage. However, multiple users report significant issues such as inability to capture certain pages for recognition, frequent problems with PDF OCR, conflicts with other extensions causing usability problems, and unfriendly or unclear membership and payment requirements. Some users also experience crashing issues after extended use. Overall, the add-on works well for straightforward OCR tasks but has several reliability and usability drawbacks noted by multiple reviewers.

Pros

Recognition speed is fast and convenient.
Can meet needs if not used heavily.
Almost no recognition errors when used.
Solves the problem of recognizing text from images easily.

Cons

Difficult to use on some pages - cannot capture screenshots for recognition.
PDF recognition often gets stuck or is very slow.
Conflicts with other extensions like Microsoft Super Copy, requiring disabling one to use the other.
Requires purchase or membership for continued use; free usage limits unclear or unfriendly.
Crashes the browser on opening after long-term usage.

Recent reviews

试用了几个，非常好像，推荐

by 宥钧, 2025-02-23

真的很难用，有些页面又不能截图识别，什么玩意儿，pdf识别又卡住，到底能不能用的。。。就这还好意思收费呢。。

by Office, 2024-09-26

使用微软扩展里面的超级复制无法再使用这个只能把超级复制关掉才能使用，可能是冲突了。

by 妙, 2024-08-24

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Fast OCR requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Fast OCR is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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