# OCR for existing Joplin notes

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ocr-for-existing-joplin-notes/14866>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Created:** [14 February 2021 21:30 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ocr-for-existing-joplin-notes/14866 "2021-02-14T21:30:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [15 February 2021 06:38 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ocr-for-existing-joplin-notes/14866/3 "2021-02-15T06:38:57Z")

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I guess this could also be implemented as a plugin.

It would be a completely different beast, since a plugin needs to be written in JavaScript, where this is written in Python. It also might require the user to install additional libraries, which can do the actual OCR part.

It's not a project I'm going to take on in the foreseeable future.

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