Version of OCR that can run entirely offline
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Description
Currently https://tools.simonwillison.net/ocr loads assets from a CDN.
A version that can run offline would be fantastic. It would be a tiny bit tricky to get versions of PDF.js and Tesseract.js (and their supporting files) that work like that, but it should absolutely be possible.
Ideally offer this as a zip file for people to download and run locally.
Could it be done such that it works from opening a HTML file in a browser, rather than needing a localhost web server? I don't think that works right now, but it may be possible with a bit more thought or some weird bundler magic.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the OCR tool at https://tools.simonwillison.net/ocr and its PDF.js and Tesseract.js dependencies. Determine how to package those supporting files in a downloadable zip that works without a CDN, then verify whether the extracted HTML opens and performs OCR directly from a browser without localhost.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100