Image to Text (OCR)

Name: Image to Text (OCR)
Rating: 2.2 (11 reviews)
Author: Hitesh Saini

A Fast and simple document scanner app with high quality text output.

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Image to Text (OCR) is a fast, simple, and versatile Chrome extension designed for quick and accurate document scanning. It provides high-quality PDF and text output, supporting over 100 widely used languages worldwide. With a convenient right-click context menu, users can extract text instantly from any image on the web.

Key features include OCR support for both images and PDFs, screen cropping for selective OCR, audio playback of extracted text, and automatic detection of links and emails within documents. The tool offers robust accuracy unaffected by image orientation and requires an active internet connection. This open-source project is ideal for users seeking efficient multi-language optical character recognition directly from their browser.

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Version:

2.1.4 Last updated: 2021-07-14

Creation date:

2021-07-14

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Permissions:

<all_urls>
contextMenus
activeTab
tts
storage

Size:

454.95KB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Edge Add-on Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-14

Ranking

# 1,350 ▲ 5

Other rankings

#101 in Accessibility ▲ 3

#4 in text-to-image keyword 7 ▼ 1

#84 in document keyword 41

#91 in computer keyword 22 ▼ 2

#111 in quality keyword 31

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Other platforms

Image to Text (OCR) (v3.0.2)

100,000 2.38

(120)

Image to Text (OCR) (v2.1.3)

440 1.33

(9)

User reviews

Users find the 'Image to Text (OCR)' Edge add-on fast and functional with good language support, particularly praising its handling of special characters. However, many mention usability issues with the image selector and express concerns over the lack of updates. Additional critiques highlight high memory usage, lack of a free trial, and some users report it does not work properly. Overall, while effective for some, usability and maintenance issues limit its appeal.

Pros

Fast OCR processing compared to some alternatives
Supports multiple languages including Latvian and special characters like 'ñ'
Simple and functional tool for screen snips OCR

Cons

Awkward and harder to use image selector
Lack of updates and unclear maintenance status
High memory usage even when idle
Requires a paid premium version, no trial available
Reports of it not working or being ineffective

Recent reviews

Works fine for me, faster than image-to-text.io extension in firefox, although the image selector is awkward and harder to use than the aforementioned extension. Simply copies your image and pastes it to the affiliated image-to-text conversion website in a new tab - I'd prefer it processed things in a pop-up. Surprised it works not being updated in 3 years, would like to see an update to know it's still being maintained. But hey - it works, and it's fast. Cheers.

by ni*****, 2024-05-30

esta porquería no trabaja

by JU*****, 2024-05-24

требует платный премиум

by Al*****, 2023-11-12

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Image to Text (OCR) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

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