Built AethelOCR — an AI OCR that turns documents and audio into summaries & actions

Hey Indie Hackers 👋

I’m a student founder and I’ve been working on AethelOCR — an AI-powered OCR tool I built to handle the constant flood of PDFs, scanned documents, and audio files I deal with during studies and projects.

Most OCR tools stop at text extraction.

I wanted something that actually helps you understand and use the content.

What AethelOCR does:

• Extracts text from PDFs and images

• Transcribes audio files

• Generates AI summaries and study notes

• Pulls out action items automatically

• Supports multiple languages

I’ve added a short demo video above showing the full flow from upload to results.

This started as a learning project, but it’s now fully functional and live.

I’d really appreciate feedback from other builders on:

• Use cases I should focus on

• Features that matter most

• Where you’d take this next

Happy to answer any questions.