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ocr

OCR plugin for Cordova and Ionic. This plugin attempts to identify and extract text from an image. Please note: This plugin depends on the GoogleMobileVision…

latest: v9.6.0 · npm: @awesome-cordova-plugins/ocr

Install

npm install @awesome-cordova-plugins/ocr
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-ocr

Migrating to Capacitor?

No 1:1 official equivalent was found for this plugin. Check the Capgo community plugin directory or the official Capacitor plugin list for alternatives — many Cordova plugins also still work inside Capacitor via npx cap add.

OCR

This plugin attempts to identify and extract text from an image. Please note: This plugin depends on the GoogleMobileVision pod which is referencing UIWebview, that has been deprecated by Apple. Don't use this plugin in an app intended for App Store as you will get a review rejection from Apple: Deprecated API Usage — Apple will stop accepting submissions of apps that use UIWebView APIs For more info, please see the following Github issue Google Mobile Vision relying on deprecated UIWebview.

Installation

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-mobile-ocr
npm install @awesome-cordova-plugins/ocr

Plugin Repo: https://github.com/NeutrinosPlatform/cordova-plugin-mobile-ocr

Supported Platforms

Further Information