How OCR Keeps Your Files on Your Device
Key points
- Processed on your device
- Only reading data is loaded
- The result stays on your device
Nothing is sent
Read Text from Images and PDFs (OCR) does not send your images or PDFs to a server. The reading happens inside your browser.
What is loaded
The first time, the reading program and data (about 2 MB for Japanese) are downloaded. Your files are not uploaded.
Use "Read Text from Images and PDFs (OCR)" (free)Tools that go well with this
- Extract Text from PDF: Pull the text out of a PDF to copy or save.
- Character Counter (for Applications and Reports): Count characters, lines and manuscript sheets of your text.
- Remove and Tidy Line Breaks in Text: Tidy line breaks in text copied from PDFs and elsewhere.