OLOCR

What OLOCR is

An OCR tool that keeps the work in the browser. Images and PDFs are recognised locally rather than being sent to a server, which is the main reason to pick it over a cloud alternative.

It handles the everyday cases: screenshots, scans and document snippets.

What you can do with it

• Recognise text in images
• Extract text from PDFs
• Process files locally in the browser
• Pull content from screenshots and scans
• Copy results into another document
• Avoid uploading sensitive material

Who it is for

• Students and researchers
• Administrative staff
• Document processing teams
• Anyone handling sensitive scans

What to watch out for

• OCR output can contain typos or lose formatting: proofread before filing
• Local processing is the selling point, but verify it against the current implementation
• Handwriting and dense tables remain difficult
• Complex layout may not survive extraction