Textmagic
freetools.textmagic.com › unicode-detector
Free unicode character detector for text messages
With this simple tool, you can instantly identify GSM characters and Unicode symbols in your text messages. Characters in the GSM charset will be grey, while Unicode special characters will be highlighted in red.
DCode
dcode.fr › data processing › text processing › special characters
Special Characters Remover/Detector - Online ASCII Remplacement
Tool to manage special characters: delete them, replace them, convert them to ASCII and simplify the processing of text messages without encoding issues.
Soscisurvey
soscisurvey.de › tools › view-chars.php
View non-printable unicode characters
Online tool to display non-printable characters that may be hidden in copy&pasted strings.
PhraseFix
phrasefix.com › tools › non-standard-character-checker
Non Standard Character Checker - PhraseFix
Free online tool that checks for non standard characters and non-ASCII characters. Simply enter the text and the online tool will detect whether there are non standard characters.
Shapecatcher
shapecatcher.com
Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want!
Search Unicode characters by drawing them in a box and find the most similar shapes.
The SMS Works
thesmsworks.co.uk › unicode-detector
SMS Unicode Detector
The unicode character detector is a free tool that allows you to identify any characters in your text messages that are not part of the GSM character set.
Regex Tester
regextester.com › 99810
special characters check - Regex Tester/Debugger
Regex Tester isn't optimized for mobile devices yet. You can still take a look, but it might be a bit quirky · Regex Tester requires a modern browser. Please update your browser to the latest version and try again
Hixie
software.hixie.ch › utilities › cgi › unicode-decoder › character-identifier
Character Identifier
Enter your characters: · To search the NamesList.txt file, enter your search terms here:
Yoonsungcho
yoonsungcho.dev › susdetector
Sus (Suspicious) Unicode Character Detector
This tool detects hidden Unicode characters, homoglyphs, zero-width characters, and special symbols in text.
UW Computer Sciences
pages.cs.wisc.edu › ~markm › ascii.html
Check for non-ASCII
Choose a file to check for non-ASCII characters: · OR Copy/paste your code here to check for non-ASCII characters:
Nicolasbinder
nicolasbinder.de › Detector
Special ASCII Character AI Detector
Paste your text to analyze special characters · Load Sample Text · Analysis Result · Special characters are highlighted · Analysis will appear here... Detected Special Characters · Details of special characters found in your text · Reference: Suspicious Characters ·
GitHub
github.com › juriku › hidden-characters-detector
GitHub - juriku/hidden-characters-detector: python tool to detect and clean hidden characters used for watermarking · GitHub
A Python utility for detecting and cleaning hidden Unicode markers, invisible characters, typographic markers, and other special characters that may be used as watermarks or cause issues in text files.
Starred by 27 users
Forked by 7 users
Languages Python 72.9% | HTML 26.8% | Dockerfile 0.3%
Invisible Character Viewer
invisiblecharacterviewer.com
Invisible Character Viewer (ㅤ) - Copy & Detect Invisible Text
Copy and paste an invisible character or blank text for blank names and messages on Discord or TikTok. Or paste text to find and remove hidden characters.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/software › looking for ocr software/service that can recognize exotic unicode characters
r/software on Reddit: Looking for OCR software/service that can recognize exotic Unicode characters
March 27, 2022 -
I came across the following Unicode character string, but I essentially only have access to the string in the form of an image.
https://i.imgur.com/QSGMQM7.png
My goal is to figure out which characters are being used above so that I can transcribe the entire string into text.
Are there any OCR applications, or other types of software available that can do this?
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If anyone from the future finds this post, I crossposted this question to r/Unicode . In that thread, u/Damdam307 shared an HTML5 app that's capable of recognizing Unicode characters that you draw in the app's window! http://www.shapecatcher.com/
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You can try this https://www.edenai.co/ . You just need to create an account and you can test many OCR engines from multiple providers. Maybe you can find one that do the job!
Unicode Lookup
unicodelookup.com
Unicode Lookup: convert special characters
Unicode Lookup is an online reference tool to lookup Unicode and HTML special characters, by name and number, and convert between their decimal, hexadecimal, and octal bases.
Emoji Utils
apps.timwhitlock.info › unicode › inspect
Unicode character inspector
Examine Unicode characters in UTF-8 encoded strings
Originality.AI
originality.ai › blog › invisible-text-detector-remover
Invisible Text Detector & Remover – Originality.AI
October 17, 2025 - Use this free tool to find and remove all hidden Unicode characters in your text. LLMs like ChatGPT can inject hidden characters like Em-Dash or Zero Width Space into text. This free tool helps identify them and remove the ones you don’t want
Nousphere
nousphere.net › cleanspecial.php
Clean Special Characters from Word Text or HTML Code
A quick and easy free tool to remove special characters from Word cut and pastes. For use when pasting to your blog, article, sales page, or email newsletter.
Toolsbear
toolsbear.com › special-character-detector
Special Character Detector & Remover - Free Online Tool | Toolsbear
Click 'Detect Special Characters' to analyze the text and see a breakdown of all special characters found, along with their counts. Click 'Remove Special Characters' to generate a clean version of your text without any special characters in ...
VDESIGNU
vdesignu.com › tools › string-text › unicode-detector
Unicode Character Detector - Free Online Tool - VDesignU | VDESIGNU
Analyze text to identify special Unicode characters, emojis, and hidden symbols. #unicodedetector #charactercode #asciivalue #emojiinfo ... Results will appear here... Follow these simple steps to get the most out of the Unicode Character Detector.