Automatically blur personal details before you share a document
Intermediate14h1–2
Tesseract.jsTransformers.jsCanvas
17/20#ocr hackathon ideas
13 ideas across 6 categories · 7 beginner · 5 intermediate · 1 advanced. Sorted by judging fit (editorial estimate).
Ideas tagged ocr
Climate
Water Meter Photo Tracker
Snap your water meter weekly and spot leaks and spikes
Beginner10h1–2Tesseract.jsNext.jsCharts17/20Photograph energy labels in a store and compare lifetime running costs
Beginner8h1–2Tesseract.jsNext.jsCharts17/20Scan a clothing tag and see its estimated water and carbon footprint
Beginner8h1–2Tesseract.jsNext.js17/20Productivity
Handwritten Planner to Digital Tasks
Photograph your paper planner page and sync tasks to your digital calendar
Intermediate14h1–2Vision LLMCalendar APINext.js17/20Checks a food label photo against your allergy list
Intermediate24h1–2ReactVision LLMOCR17/20Point the phone at a medicine label and hear it read aloud
Beginner10h1Tesseract.jsSpeech APINext.js17/20Photograph the BP monitor screen and log readings automatically
Beginner10h1Vision LLMNext.jsCharts17/20Social Good
NGO Paper Register Digitizer
Photograph paper registers and get a clean spreadsheet
Intermediate14h1–2Vision LLMNext.jsCSV17/20Climate
Receipt Carbon Estimator
Shows the carbon impact of everyday purchases
Intermediate36h2–3Next.jsOCRLLM16/20Fintech
Receipt Bill Splitter
Splits a restaurant bill item by item in seconds
Beginner12h1–2ReactOCRLLM16/20Point your phone at signs and get translations with no internet
Advanced26h1–3Tesseract.jsTransformers.jsPWA15/20Productivity
Smart Expense Tracker
Shows exactly where money goes with almost no manual work
Beginner12h1–2ReactOCR APICharts14/20