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ChatGPT, how do I use OCR in Word? (lemdro.id)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] lobsticle 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The text in the image represents how accurate it tends to be whenever I try to OCR a document.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

for windows use, try powertoys's powerocr

[–] scarilog 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It uses the windows built in API for ocr. Isn't very good in my experience.

[–] cram42 3 points 11 months ago

If you're not getting good results, have you tried Ocr asegontorrittln the image first?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

fwiw I've used it pretty extensively on screenshots of text I keep getting sent at work, so far I haven't noticed any mistakes at all. may just be the type of images though