Recognize Text on images in your notes. Select the image and run the command. The recognized text will be appended to your image or will replace your image - depending on the command
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Replace selection | Replace your image with the recognized text. Recognize text based on the language defined in settings |
| Replace selection - custom language | Replace your image with the recognized text. Recognize text based on custom selection |
| Append selection | Append the recognized text to your image. Recognize text based on language defined in settings |
| Append selection - custom language | Append the recognized text to your image. Recognize text based on custom selection |
- .jpg
- .jpeg
- .png
- .gif
- .bmp
- .pbm
- .webp
| Format | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Obsidian Image | ![[example.png]] |
Obsidian image tag |
| Obsidian Image including size | ![[example.png|300]] |
Obsidian image tag including size |
| Markdown Image |  |
Markdown image tag |
| URL | https://www.example.com/example.png |
URL to an image |
| img Tag | <img src="https://www.example.com/example.png" /> |
Img tag with a valid src attribute |
- Follow this link Obsidian Plugin
- Or open Obsidian Settings, go to Community Plugins, browse "Image to Text OCR" click install and activate.
- Go to the latest Releases
- Download
main.js,manifest.json - save into your vault
VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-image-to-text-ocr/
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Content language | Select language to recognize. Default is Englisch. If images contain special characters, changing the language may perform better results |
| Enable debug logging | If enabled, more will be logged in the console. |
This plugin uses tesseract.js to recognize text.
- Feel free to open an issue if you miss something
- Feel free to open a Pull request to implement a feature
- Please extend tests if you add logic