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Show HN: DocOCR – Convert document images to Markdown locally on macOS

Posted by riddleling on Saturday May 30, 2026 @06:40AM
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Re:Show HN: Turn your iPhone into a local OCR server using Vision Fram... on Sunday August 24, 2025 @07:55AM (#45003545)

I just switched the HTTP server from Swifter to Vapor, and changed the text recognition API from VNRecognizeTextRequest to RecognizeTextRequest. The OCR speed is faster now—feel free to try it out!

Re:Show HN: Turn your iPhone into a local OCR server using Vision Fram... on Thursday August 14, 2025 @09:09AM (#44899949)

I tested it on my iPhone SE 2, and the performance was not great. I’ll run new tests after I get a new iPhone.

Re:Show HN: Turn your iPhone into a local OCR server using Vision Fram... on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @02:27PM (#44880082)

I also developed a macOS version using the Rust programming language! https://github.com/riddleling/macocr

Show HN: Turn your iPhone into a local OCR server using Vision Framework

Posted by riddleling on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @01:51PM
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https://github.com/riddleling/iOS-OCR-Server

Built an iOS app that runs a local OCR server using Apple's Vision Framework.Creates a REST API endpoint accessible from any device on your network. No cloud services needed - everything processes locally on the phone.Available on App Store (searching "OCR Server").Would appreciate feedback on the architecture or similar mobile-as-server projects you've seen.

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