Image to Text (OCR)

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

Image to Text (OCR) is a powerful Chrome extension designed to quickly convert images and PDFs into editable text. With support for over 100 languages, users can easily extract text by right-clicking any image or cropping specific screen areas. The extension features fast scanning, high-quality PDF and text output, audio playback of extracted text, and detects links and emails within documents.

Ideal for students, professionals, or anyone needing efficient text extraction, this tool seamlessly integrates into your browser. It's an open-source project with ongoing updates and support, ensuring a reliable and versatile OCR experience right at your fingertips. Download now to enhance your productivity and accessibility online!

By:
https://imagetext.xyz
Users:
100,000+
Rating:
2.39
(119)
Version:
3.0.2 Last updated: 2023-12-31
Creation date:
2020-09-12
Risk:
Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
  • tts
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size:
472.06K
Email:
fx*****@gmail.com
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Chrome Web Store
Updated:
20 hours ago

Other platforms

Image to Text (OCR) (v2.1.3)
475 1.33 (9)
Image to Text (OCR) (v2.1.4)
14,419+ 2.20 (11)

User reviews

User reviews reveal a mixed experience with the 'Image to Text (OCR)' Chrome extension. While many praise its high accuracy, speed, language support, and useful features like audio playback, a significant number of users complain that the extension often fails to work on various websites. The premium version's frequent re-login requirement and occasional functionality breakdowns frustrate paying customers. Despite these issues, some users remain highly satisfied and recommend the extension for its capabilities.
Pros
  • Good recognition accuracy for Korean and other languages, especially Korean characters.
  • Supports over 100 languages and maintains paragraph formatting.
  • Includes convenient features like right-click text extraction and playing extracted text as audio.
  • Speedy document scanning and efficient text extraction.
  • Open-source project with a supportive developer team, some users very satisfied and willing to pay.
Cons
  • Many users report the extension not working or failing to function on most websites.
  • Premium version requires frequent re-login or authentication, causing frustration.
  • Some users experienced the extension working for a short time then stopping.
  • Performance issues on certain browsers (e.g., Edge) and with special characters recognition.
  • Paid version sometimes does not deliver expected functionality or support is lacking.
Recent reviews
Not working at all - waste of time
by Tony Minides, 2025-04-07

not working at all
by Khawla Chebli, 2024-11-24

Not working
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Image to Text (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

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

Risk likelihood analysis details
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