BC Clipboard OCR Confidential - Private Offline OCR

BC Clipboard OCR tool — Confidential mode

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a technology that converts images containing text into plain text you can copy and paste anywhere. Instead of retyping content manually, you simply capture or paste an image and the tool extracts all readable text automatically — saving time and eliminating transcription errors. In Confidential mode, this entire process runs inside your browser: your image never leaves your device or gets sent to any external server.

• Image to text, 100% local: Extract plain text from any image — screenshots, photos, scanned documents or clipboard content — instantly and accurately, processed entirely within your browser. Nothing is uploaded, transmitted or logged, and your document stays on your device at all times. For an image containing a table you want turned into an editable table, try Perseus.
• Text to text: Paste plain text directly from your clipboard and apply all conversions instantly — date formats, amounts, conversion factor, search — without needing an image.
• Share via your messaging app, Teams or Email: Once text is extracted, send it instantly via your messaging app, Microsoft Teams or Email — directly from the tool, with one click.
• Search: Search for one or more words or phrases within the extracted text and highlight all matches instantly. Separate terms with commas to search for several at once, each highlighted in a different colour — ideal for identifying allergens, ingredients, keywords, names in a list, and more.
• Replace: Find any word or phrase in the extracted text and replace it with another — case-insensitive, so it matches lowercase, Title Case and UPPERCASE variants simultaneously. If no text has been extracted yet, Replace triggers the extraction first and then applies the substitution automatically. OCR extraction isn't perfect, but the mistakes it makes tend to repeat: with Replace you can fix a known error before you even extract the image, or just as easily afterwards, directly on the extracted text.
• Reading optimisation language: Choose the language of the text in the image (16 options, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese) and local recognition uses that language's model plus English — essential for scripts such as Japanese, Russian or Arabic. «None» keeps the default languages, and the choice resets on each visit.
• Join lines: After extracting, press «Join lines» to merge the lines the image had split into flowing paragraphs, keeping bullet points and numbered lists, and rejoining words hyphenated at the end of a line. Press «Original text» to undo.
• Date format conversion: Automatically detect and convert dates to your preferred format: DD/MM/YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD, YYYYMMDD and more.
• Amount format conversion & Conversion factor: Reformat numeric values with your choice of decimal and thousands separators. Apply a conversion factor to multiply all amounts — useful for currencies (€/$ 1.18), weights (kg/lb 2.205) or distances (km/mi 1.609).
• All caps: Convert all extracted text to uppercase with a single toggle.
• Camera support: On mobile devices, capture text directly with your camera without needing to save the image first. Point your camera at any product label to find ingredients, allergens (gluten-free, lactose-free) or keywords; scan a catalogue to identify items; check a delivery note for materials. You can also validate invoice amounts in foreign currency by entering the conversion factor directly.
• Install as app: Available as a Progressive Web App (PWA — download it directly to your phone, tablet or computer for quick access without opening a browser). Install it on any device — Android, iOS, Windows or Mac — and launch it directly like a native app.
• Ideal for sensitive documents: Contracts, invoices, medical records, legal documents or any content subject to confidentiality obligations or corporate IT policies.

Technical documentation for corporate evaluation and personal privacy: How Confidential mode works → · Using the 4 extraction modes

Uses of BC Clipboard OCR tool

Any time you need the text from an image — whether it came to you as a photo, a screenshot, a document scan, or something you spotted on a wall — BC Clipboard OCR converts it into plain text you can copy, paste and use anywhere in seconds. Here are some of the most common real-world situations where it saves time.

• Images received by email, Teams or your messaging app: When someone sends you an image with text you need — a table, a reference number, an address — just save or screenshot it and paste it into BC Clipboard OCR. No more retyping.
• Physical documents and signs: Point your phone camera at any printed document, label, poster or sign and extract the text instantly. Useful for delivery notes, catalogues, product packaging or anything posted on a wall — you can also paste the result into a translation tool to get it in your language.
• Checking ingredients and allergens: Photograph a product label to search for a specific ingredient or allergen — does it contain gluten? bleach? nuts? Use the Search feature to highlight the terms you care about in different colours — one word or several, separated by commas.
• Invoices and delivery notes: Extract text from a scanned or photographed document and use the Search feature to highlight reference numbers or line items. Separate terms with commas to search for several at once — each is colour-coded, making it easy to cross-check contents at a glance.
• Date and amount format conversion: When the extracted text contains dates or numeric values in a format that does not match your workflow, convert them automatically — choose your preferred date format and decimal separator before or after extraction.
• Currency and unit conversion: Enter a conversion factor to multiply all numeric values in the extracted text at once — useful for converting invoice amounts to another currency, or switching between units such as kg and lb or km and miles.
• Copy and share anywhere: Once you have the text you need, click Copy text to send it straight to your clipboard. Paste it into any app, document or message — no formatting, no hassle.
• Keyboard shortcuts for screenshots: On Windows press Windows + Shift + S to capture any area of your screen directly to the clipboard. On Mac use Cmd + Ctrl + Shift + 4. Then paste straight into BC Clipboard OCR with Ctrl+V (or Cmd+V on Mac).

🔧 Image configuration

Use these tools after loading an image to improve extraction quality before running the OCR.

How we protect your confidentiality

Confidential mode isn't a single feature — it's a combination of choices at three different levels: what happens in your browser, what happens with your clipboard, and what this page itself does or doesn't load. Here's each one, explained plainly.

Other tools

BC Clipboard OCR includes other specialised modes, also free:

BC Clipboard OCR — Perseus mode

BC Clipboard OCR Perseus is a streamlined version of the tool, designed for speed — now with the two conversions requested most often built right in: date and amount format, plus a dedicated table extraction mode. Load an image, extract the text or a table, and go. Ideal for mobile use, quick captures and on-the-fly extraction.

• Instant extraction: Optimised interface for fast, single-purpose OCR. Load, extract, copy — in seconds.
• Camera support: Take a photo directly from your mobile and extract the text immediately — no extra steps.
• AI fallback: If local OCR struggles, Perseus automatically escalates to AI-powered extraction for better results.
• Share in one tap: Send the extracted text directly via your messaging app, Microsoft Teams or Email — without leaving the tool.
• Date & amount format conversion: Pick the date format and the number format you need in the options panel — it's applied automatically the moment the text is extracted, no manual re-run needed.
• Table mode: Extract a table straight from a photo or screenshot into an editable grid, with optional row/column hints for the AI. Copy it or download it as a CSV file ready for a spreadsheet.

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🧪 Milcheaufsnutgluten — Allergen & Intolerance Detector

Milcheaufsnutgluten is a specific tool for detecting allergens and intolerances on product labels. Photograph, paste or scan the barcode — extracts text with OCR and highlights each allergen in its colour. Ideal for people with food allergies, intolerances or dietary restrictions.

• 19 allergen groups: The 14 mandatory under EU Regulation 1169/2011 plus latex, nickel, beta-lactam antibiotics, NSAIDs and sunflower.
• Allergen repository by category: Browse the full allergen list organised by category and choose which allergens you want the tool to search for and highlight in each scan.
• OCR + AI + barcode: Local extraction with Tesseract, cross-validation with Anthropic AI and Open Food Facts lookup by EAN/UPC barcode.
• Allergen translation: If the label's language differs from your configured reading language, the tool also shows the translation of each detected allergen.
• 6 detection languages: Spanish, English, German, French, Italian or Portuguese. Change before scanning to avoid false positives.
• Export to your messaging app, email or image: Share full text or allergen summary via your messaging app, Teams or email. Also exports as PNG image.

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📐 Clipboard OCR Konvorcet — Distance, Area, Weight, Volume & Temperature Converter

Clipboard OCR Konvorcet is a specialised tool for converting distance, area, weight, volume and temperature values found in images — recipes, product labels, travel documents, shipping and customs forms, property listings. Extract the text with OCR and apply the conversion automatically, either replacing each value or adding the converted amount in brackets right next to it.

• 5 conversion categories: Distance, area, weight, volume and temperature — choose the exact pair you need and every matching number in the extracted text gets converted automatically.
• Fixed, standards-based factors: Every conversion uses fixed factors based on NIST and BIPM standards — the same value every time, with no live data to fetch.
• Replace or add in brackets: Choose whether the converted value replaces the original number, or gets added next to it so both stay visible.
• Simple conversion: Don't need to extract anything from an image? Type a single value and get the result instantly, with copy and export buttons for the result.
• Free unit converter: Convert between any two compatible units in a category — not just a fixed pair — independently of any extracted text, with the result shown in both directions.
• Price-per-unit calculator and comparator: Calculate the price per m², kg, litre and more, or compare up to four products or measurements side by side — even different pack sizes or units — and see which is the better deal per unit.

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💱 Clipboard OCR Croesus Rates — Currency Converter

Clipboard OCR Croesus Rates is a specialised tool for converting currency values found in images — price tags, menus, receipts, invoices from abroad. Extract the text with OCR and apply today's exchange rate automatically, either replacing each value or adding the converted amount in brackets right next to it.

• Pick your currency pair: Choose the currency you're reading and the currency you want to convert to — over 30 currencies supported.
• Live daily rates: Conversions use the European Central Bank's daily reference rate, cached for the rest of the day so it only needs to be fetched once.
• Replace or add in brackets: Choose whether the converted value replaces the original number, or gets added next to it so both stay visible.
• Simple conversion: Don't need to extract anything from an image? Type a single value and get the result instantly, with copy and export buttons for the result.
• Exchange rate lookup and historical dates: Browse a full table of the euro's rate against every supported currency, or uncheck the 'Latest' option to use the European Central Bank's reference rate for a specific past date, up to five years back.
• Rate difference calculator and historical export: See how much a rate has moved between two dates with the Exchange Rate Difference Calculator, or download a full history of daily rates over a date range as a plain text file ready for a spreadsheet.

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Frequently Asked Questions