Releases: privatenumber/mac-ocr
Releases · privatenumber/mac-ocr
v1.0.0
First release.
mac-ocr is a macOS command-line tool that reads text from images and PDFs, and creates searchable PDFs — entirely on-device via Apple's Vision framework, nothing uploaded.
Highlights
- OCR images and PDFs to text, JSON, or streamed JSONL (page by page)
- Create searchable PDFs from scans or images (invisible, selectable text layer)
- Batch, stdin, and URL inputs; language selection, regions of interest, encrypted-PDF passwords
- Typed Node.js API:
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Install
npm install -g mac-ocrRequires macOS 10.15+. Ships a prebuilt universal binary — no Xcode or Swift toolchain needed.