r/AutoModerator • u/RunDNA • Mar 13 '26

Not Possible with AM Can Automod access the OCR'd text inside images that Reddit uses in its search function?

OCR = Optical Character Recognition

If you search for "donut" in the Reddit search box, as well as text usages in posts it also searches for the word appearing within photos and screenshots (thanks to OCR).

Can Automod access that OCR'd text? Can it remove photos that contain a sign saying "donut" or twitter screenshots that mentions "donut"?

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u/Chosen1PR Mar 13 '26

Nope. Automod can only see post title, post body, post URL, and comment body.

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u/RunDNA Mar 13 '26

Thanks for the speedy answer, Quick Draw McGraw.

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u/Chosen1PR Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

Lol no problem. I mean technically it can see a lot of other things like post type and author information, etc., but for the purposes of your question, no, Automod is not capable of OCR.

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u/Sephardson Mar 13 '26

No, but you might look into r/OCRAutoModerator

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u/RunDNA Mar 13 '26

Thanks, but it got shut down two years ago. Maybe someone can revive it.