Online OCR Free – Batch OCR UI for Tesseract, Gemini and OpenRouter
Built this because people working with large document sets had no free tool that handled batch processing cleanly. Tesseract is free and runs locally. For anything that needs more accuracy — Google Vision, Gemini, or any OpenRouter model — you bring your own API key. No subscription, no markup on your usage. Export as TXT, JSON, XML or PDF. AI engines support custom prompts so you can translate, extract form fields, or get structured output in one step. App: https://onlineocrfree.qzz.io Source: https://github.com/naimurhasan/online-ocr-free
Online OCR Free – Batch OCR UI for Tesseract, Gemini and OpenRouter launched on March 3, 2026 with 14 votes, #999 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
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Online OCR Free is a batch document processing tool that converts images to text using either free local Tesseract or premium AI engines like Gemini and Google Vision by bringing your own API keys. It exports results as TXT, JSON, XML, or PDF and supports custom prompts for translation, form field extraction, and structured output. Designed for users processing large document sets who need free or pay-as-you-go options without subscriptions.
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