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Text Extractor for Obsidian

A companion plugin that extracts text from images using OCR and from PDFs, enabling further processing within Obsidian.

Chinese summary

这是一个辅助插件,可以从图像(通过OCR)和PDF中提取文本,方便在Obsidian中进一步处理。

Key Use Cases

  • Converting screenshots or scanned pages into editable text
  • Extracting quotes or data from PDF reports
  • Creating searchable notes from image-based sources

Pros

  • Integrates seamlessly with Obsidian
  • Supports common image formats and PDFs
  • Works as a companion for other plugins

Limitations

  • OCR accuracy depends on image quality
  • May require additional setup (e.g., Tesseract) for full functionality
  • Not a standalone OCR tool – reliant on other plugins for usage

Tags

OCRPDFtext-extractionimagecompanion

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