{
  "id": 3902042,
  "title": "Fuji OCR: A 100% Local, Privacy-Focused Screenshot OCR Chrome Extension",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/fuji-ocr-a-100-local-privacy-focused-screenshot-ocr-chrome-extension",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-28T05:18:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/dsnfuji_2018/fuji-ocr-a-100-local-privacy-focused-screenshot-ocr-chrome-extension-4f7k"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Fuji OCR is a Chrome extension that enables users to extract text from images, videos and protected websites without needing to upload the data to external servers. This privacy-focused tool processes all OCR work locally on the user's device using WebAssembly, ensuring that sensitive information remains secure.\n\nKey features include:\n1. 100% local execution for maximum privacy, meaning no data leaves the user's machine.\n2. Support for over 20 languages and multiple scripts, allowing users to easily switch OCR models via the popup.\n3. A simple and intuitive capture process, accessible through Alt + Shift + S or a toolbar icon.\n4. Confidence scores and capture history for each text line, enabling accuracy verification.\n5. Flexible export options in Plain Text, Markdown or PDF formats.\n6. True offline capability, with all models downloaded once and cached for future use, eliminating the need for account creation.\n\nTo use Fuji OCR, users must first install the extension from the Chrome Web Store. They then select their desired language model, which downloads automatically upon the first use. Capturing text is as easy as pressing Alt + Shift + S and selecting the desired screen area. After reviewing the results and confidence scores in the side panel, users can copy the text or export it in their preferred format.\n\nFuji OCR caters to various use cases, such as extracting text from tutorial videos, bypassing copy restrictions on PDFs or websites, processing sensitive data locally, and quickly grabbing foreign-language text for translation. The developer emphasizes a strict privacy commitment, declaring that no data is collected, sold, or used for unrelated purposes.",
  "summary": "Fuji OCR: A 100% Local, Privacy-Focused Screenshot OCR Chrome Extension Introduction We often need to copy text from images, videos, or protected websites. However, many people hesitate to use online OCR tools due to privacy concerns about uploading sensitive images to external servers. Enter Fuji OCR , a Chrome extension designed to solve this exact problem. Its standout feature is that 100% of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}