New Feature In ChromeOS, Can Extract Text From Live PDF With OCR

Extracting text from PDF with OCR (photo: Google)

JAKARTA - Google is rolling out a new capability that allows users to extract text from PDF using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on ChromeOS.

In addition, reading mode in Chrome browsers also gets new features that can highlight text, read text loudly, and sound (text-to-speech) that sounds more natural.

Google reports that they are now adding 30 more languages for the Closed Caption (CC) feature on Google Meet which can automatically translate conversations into text.

Interestingly, the host can place several video tilings at the same time on the main screen for all participants who attend a meeting session. So you can make presentations with a simultaneous sscara sign language translator.

In addition, Google is also committed to presenting innovative and sustainable devices. Recently, Google announced a number of improvements to Chromebooks, such as presenting 15 new device models for educators and students with 10-year automatic updates, starting from 2024.

Google is also expanding its device and account management portfolio with Endpoint Education Upgrade. This solution will help manage Android and iOS devices with more advanced and proactive security control and device management.

Finally, to increase data protection, Admin can apply stronger data loss prevention controls in Chromebooks, Gmail, and Drive. So that it can prevent accidental data leakage.