Image to Text
A powerful optical character recognition (OCR) extension to capture and convert images to text
Image to Text: OCR Add-on for Edge
'Image to Text' is an Edge extension that uses optical character recognition (OCR) to effectively extract text from images. It allows users to edit, search, store, and display the extracted text. It is commonly used by students to digitize printed texts and adept at aiding machine-based processes like text translation, text-to-speech, and data mining.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
Permissions:
- storage
- activeTab
- notifications
Size: 1.27M
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
User reviews
it does not work.
by Anthony, 2024-12-03
It didn't work. I selected the text on the screen and the extension popped up a small window to extract the text but then hanged there without extraction.
by Mohammad, 2024-07-11
Excellent work
by Zaheer, 2021-06-11
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Image to Text requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- Medium Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.
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Risk likelihood
Image to Text is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
Risk likelihood analysis details
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