# Simple OCR

> Drag to select and automatically recognize uppercase letters and numbers

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-ocr](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-ocr)

## Overview

- **ID:** `simple-ocr`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ben
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-20
- **First published:** 2026-02-17
- **Size:** 3.03 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple-ocr/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple-ocr/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple-ocr/privacy/)

## Description

A lightweight OCR extension that lets users drag-select an area on a webpage and recognize only uppercase letters (A-Z) and numbers (0-9). Results are shown on-page and copied to clipboard automatically.

## Rankings

- #120,142 — Overall
- #27 — ocr

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `tabs`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-ocr)