OCR Import

# 📄 OCR Import — Cognotik DocOps Turn scanned documents, photos, and images into clean, editable text in seconds! **OCR Import** brings AI-powered Optical Character Recognition (OCR) directly into your workspace, taking the hassle out of manual retyping and document digitisation. --- ## ✨ Why You'll Love OCR Import Whether you're digitising paper invoices, archiving historical documents, or capturing notes from scanned PDFs and photos, **OCR Import** simplifies your workflow: - 🧠 **AI-Powered Precision**: Advanced AI models ensure accurate text recognition across complex layouts, multipage PDFs, and image files. - 🖼️ **Wide Format Support**: Drag and drop PDFs, PNGs, JPGs, GIFs, BMPs, TIFFs, or WEBP images effortlessly. - 👁️ **Live Markdown Preview & Editing**: Instantly preview rendered formatted text or tweak raw Markdown directly in your browser. - ⚡ **Automated Saving**: Edits are automatically saved as you type, ensuring your work is always preserved. - 💾 **Quick Exporting**: Copy all processed text to your clipboard with a single click or download your formatted results as Markdown files. --- ## 🚀 Getting Started in 4 Easy Steps ### Step 1: ⚙️ Configure Your Models Choose the AI models that best fit your speed and detail needs: - **Smart model**: Handles primary OCR text extraction and complex document layouts. - **Fast model**: Delivers quick processing for standard text operations. - **Image model**: Optimises recognition for image-heavy documents. > *Tip: Your model selections are remembered on your device for future sessions!* ### Step 2: 📁 Upload Documents 1. Drag and drop your files into the **Upload Documents** drop zone, or click **Browse Files**. 2. Supported file types include **PDF, PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, and WEBP**. 3. Review your uploaded document list, inspect file sizes, or remove files before running OCR. ### Step 3: 🚀 Run OCR 1. Click **Run OCR** to start processing your uploaded documents. 2. Watch live status updates and detailed progress in the **Processing Log**. 3. Feel free to leave the tab open—if a job takes a few moments, the app will automatically keep track of progress for you. ### Step 4: 📜 Review, Edit & Export Results 1. **Switch Results**: Use the tabs at the top of the **Extracted Text** section to easily jump between converted files. 2. **Toggle Raw View**: Switch between the rendered document view and raw Markdown text whenever you need to make quick edits. 3. **Copy & Download**: - Use **📋 Copy all** to grab the complete converted content. - Use **💾 Download** to save your combined results as a `.md` Markdown file. 4. **Save Results**: Click **💾 Save results** to commit your final text back to your session. --- ## 💡 Pro Tips - **High Quality Images**: For the best extraction results, ensure uploaded scans are legible and correctly oriented. - **Batch Uploads**: You can upload and process multiple documents at the same time to save time. - **Session Menubar**: Use the top menubar tools (such as Git integration and session downloads) to track changes or export session assets.