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Tesseract OCR itself is an offline command-line engine. The instructions and code guides hosted here run strictly on your local machine.
Compliance & Privacy
Privacy Policy
Tesseract OCR site.
Learn about how we handle visitor data, our use of cookies, and Ezoic advertising disclosures on TesseractOCR.org.
No Server Storage
We do not operate backend servers that collect, store, or transmit your processed images or extracted text data.
Transparency First
We partner with Ezoic to manage third-party interest-based advertising to fund our community documentation efforts.
Introduction
Welcome to TesseractOCR.org. We respect the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy details the types of information we collect or receive, how we use it, and the measures we take to protect it. Since Tesseract OCR is an open-source, local character recognition engine, the core tutorials, guides, and download instructions on this site do not collect or process your documents or images.
Ezoic Services & Disclosures
To support our community documentation efforts, this site partners with Ezoic Inc. Below is the official disclosure of Ezoic's advertising services, cookies, and data partners. Ezoic will inject automated policy updates directly into the container below:
Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.
A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you're visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here.
The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP address
- Operating system type and version
- Device type
- Language preferences
- Web browser type
- Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)
Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic’s partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps. You can find more information about interest-based advertising and how to manage them here.
You can view Ezoic’s privacy policy here.
For additional information about Ezoic’s advertising and other partners, you can view Ezoic’s advertising partners here.
How We Collect and Use Information
Apart from the automated data collected by Ezoic as outlined above, we do not require you to provide any personal information to use TesseractOCR.org. We do not use any user registration or newsletters.
Log Files: Like most websites, we collect standard server log files to monitor site performance, troubleshoot bugs, and detect malicious traffic. These log files contain non-personally identifiable information, such as browser types, referring pages, timestamps, and page requests.
Cookies and Consent
Cookies are small text files placed on your device to enhance your experience. Ezoic uses cookies to personalize content and ads, analyze traffic, and manage consent choices.
You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings or adjust your preferences using the Gatekeeper Consent banner available upon loading this site.
Children's Privacy
Our website and community guides are intended for developers, students, and general tech audiences. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal data to us, please contact us or the community developers via GitHub so we can remove it immediately.
Changes to This Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of the policy.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact the community maintainers via our official community channel or open an issue on our GitHub Repository.