Turn your iPhone into a local OCR server using Vision Framework
Built an iOS app that runs a local OCR server using Apple's Vision Framework. Creates a REST API endpoint accessible from any device on your network. No cloud services needed - everything processes locally on the phone. Available on App Store (searching "OCR Server"). Would appreciate feedback on the architecture or similar mobile-as-server projects you've seen.
Turn your iPhone into a local OCR server using Vision Framework launched on August 12, 2025 with 7 votes, #3,174 of 8,530 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
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An iOS OCR Server Using Apple’s Vision Framework. Contribute to riddleling/iOS-OCR-Server development by creating an account on GitHub.
Turn your iPhone into a powerful local OCR server using Apple's Vision Framework. No cloud dependencies, unlimited usage, complete privacy. curl -H "Accept: application/json" \ -X POST http://<YOUR IP>:8000/upload \ -F "[email protected]" Python Upload Example: import requests url = "http://10.0.1.11:8000/upload" # Replace with your IP address file_path = "01.png" with open ( file_path , "rb" ) as f : files = { "file" : f } headers = { "Accept" : "application/json" } response = requests . post ( url , files = files , headers = headers ) print ( "status code:" , response . status_code ) print ( "response:" , response . text ) The JSON response looks likefrom github.com
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