Turn Any Unreadable PDF Into Selectable Text Locally
This browser extension turns any unreadable PDF into selectable text by letting you capture the same screen area on every page automatically. You define the text region once, and the extension runs the text recognition locally, meaning nothing leaves your computer. It is perfect for feeding hundreds of pages into an AI assistant for summarization or search. If you have ever been stuck with a document that refuses to let you copy text, this tool hands you the text for free, with zero privacy risk and no internet connection required.
Open source: thiagotigaz/ocr-it
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This browser extension turns any unreadable PDF into selectable text by letting you capture the same screen area on every page automatically. You define the text region once and the extension runs the text recognition locally, meaning nothing leaves your computer. It is perfect for feeding hundreds of pages into an AI assistant for summarization or search. If you have ever been stuck with a document that refuses to let you copy text, this tool hands you the text for free with zero privacy risk and no internet connection required.
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