Text & translation
Text scanner (OCR)
100% offline, private OCR: scan from the camera or gallery and send the text straight to the translator in one tap.
Recognises and extracts text from a photo or the camera feed entirely offline, without sending anything to a server. The extracted text can be selected, copied, shared, or sent straight to the built-in translator in one tap.
Android 7.0+ · Free to download
Key features
Fully offline character recognition: no data is sent to a server
Two sources: live camera (with permission request) or a photo imported from the gallery
Natively selectable text for partial or full copying
One-tap pipeline: the text goes straight into the built-in translator, no copy-paste
History of recent scans with a preview of the recognised text
Why use it?
Digitise a printed document offline without any risk of it being read by a third-party server
Extract the text from a photo of a business card already in your gallery
Scan instructions in a foreign language and send them to the translator in one tap
Works offline
Most tools work without an internet connection.
No account
No sign-up, no email address required.
Free to download
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Text scanner (OCR) is part of Tooliz
Along with 41 other tools. Free to download, on Android.
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Quentin (QuentinRG)Independent developer · Paris
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