OCR1

About OCR1

We believe in privacy-first tools. OCR1 is built to demonstrate what's possible with modern web technologies like WebAssembly.

How it works

Traditional OCR tools upload your images to a server for processing. This creates privacy risks and latency. OCR1 uses a customized version of Tesseract.js to run the optical character recognition engine entirely within your browser. The neural networks and logic are downloaded once, and then run locally on your device's CPU.

The Technology

  • Tesseract.js: The industry standard for open-source OCR.
  • WebAssembly (WASM): For near-native performance in the browser.
  • Next.js 15: For a robust, fast application framework.
  • Tailwind CSS: For the modern, responsive design system.

Open Source

This project is open source. You can view the code, contribute, or fork it on our GitHub repository. We welcome feedback and contributions from the community.