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 "generated": "2026-10-23",
 "id": "sobranie2406-modureader--turn-scanned-pages-into-selectable-text",
 "repo": "sobranie2406/modureader",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/sobranie2406/modureader",
 "repo_slug": "sobranie2406-modureader",
 "title": "Turn scanned pages into selectable text with on-device OCR",
 "page_title": "How to turn scanned pages into selectable text with on-device OCR with Modureader",
 "summary": "Download a small OCR model, re-flow scanned pages as text, then highlight, translate or ask AI about it.",
 "who": "A reader with a scanned book or PDF who needs to copy passages, take notes or ask questions about pages that have no text layer.",
 "problem": "Image-only pages cannot be searched, copied or annotated, so the reader has to retype quotes by hand.",
 "outcome": "The page text opens in the reader with selection, highlights, notes and AI tools, and the recognition runs on the device.",
 "steps": [
  "In 设置 → OCR 模型 (Settings → OCR model), choose PP-OCRv4 中英文 (the recommended model) and a download source, then download it.",
  "If the device is offline, use the offline import option on the model card and import the full model file set for the matching version.",
  "Open the PDF or scanned-book menu and choose OCR 重排 to recognize the page image, or 文字重排 if the PDF already has a text layer.",
  "Select words in the re-flowed text to copy, translate, highlight or ask AI.",
  "To send only part of a page to AI, use 提取 to choose a region, then review and edit the text in the AI input draft before sending."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the sobranie2406/modureader repo, set up the PP-OCRv4 Chinese and English OCR model in Modu Reader and run OCR re-flow on <scanned book title>. Report the model name, the pages processed, and one passage that you checked against the original scan.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says names, numbers and complex columns should be checked against the original page, because recognition depends on image clarity, language and layout.",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "dart",
 "requirements": [
  "A device on a supported platform: Windows, Linux, Android, macOS, iOS (ARM64 real device, iOS 16+) or HarmonyOS, with the installer from the Releases page",
  "Local reading needs no AI account. AI, online translation and online voice need their own provider settings and may cost money",
  "For sync: your own WebDAV server",
  "For vector search: a few hundred MB of disk space is not stated in the README, so check model sizes in the settings before downloading"
 ],
 "risk": "dual-use",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
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