diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6d09423..c02c04a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         "react": "19.2.3",
         "react-dom": "19.2.3",
         "tailwind-merge": "^3.4.1",
+        "tesseract.js": "^7.0.0",
         "uuid": "^13.0.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -4921,6 +4922,12 @@
         "baseline-browser-mapping": "dist/cli.js"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/bmp-js": {
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bmp-js/-/bmp-js-0.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-vHdS19CnY3hwiNdkaqk93DvjVLfbEcI8mys4UjuWrlX1haDmroo8o4xCzh4wD6DGV6HxRCyauwhHRqMTfERtjw==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/body-parser": {
       "version": "2.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-2.2.2.tgz",
@@ -7323,6 +7330,12 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/express"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/idb-keyval": {
+      "version": "6.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/idb-keyval/-/idb-keyval-6.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yjD9nARJ/jb1g+CvD0tlhUHOrJ9Sy0P8T9MF3YaLlHnSRpwPfpTX0XIvpmw3gAJUmEu3FiICLBDPXVwyEvrleg==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0"
+    },
     "node_modules/ignore": {
       "version": "5.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ignore/-/ignore-5.3.2.tgz",
@@ -7933,6 +7946,12 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/is-url": {
+      "version": "1.2.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-url/-/is-url-1.2.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ITvGim8FhRiYe4IQ5uHSkj7pVaPDrCTkNd3yq3cV7iZAcJdHTUMPMEHcqSOy9xZ9qFenQCvi+2wjH9a1nXqHww==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/is-weakmap": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-weakmap/-/is-weakmap-2.0.2.tgz",
@@ -9249,6 +9268,15 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/opencollective-postinstall": {
+      "version": "2.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/opencollective-postinstall/-/opencollective-postinstall-2.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8AV/sCtuzUeTo8gQK5qDZzARrulB3egtLzFgteqB2tcT4Mw7B8Kt7JcDHmltjz6FOAHsvTevk70gZEbhM4ZS9Q==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "bin": {
+        "opencollective-postinstall": "index.js"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/optionator": {
       "version": "0.9.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/optionator/-/optionator-0.9.4.tgz",
@@ -9957,6 +9985,12 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/regenerator-runtime": {
+      "version": "0.13.11",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/regenerator-runtime/-/regenerator-runtime-0.13.11.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kY1AZVr2Ra+t+piVaJ4gxaFaReZVH40AKNo7UCX6W+dEwBo/2oZJzqfuN1qLq1oL45o56cPaTXELwrTh8Fpggg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/regexp.prototype.flags": {
       "version": "1.5.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/regexp.prototype.flags/-/regexp.prototype.flags-1.5.4.tgz",
@@ -10991,6 +11025,50 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/webpack"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/tesseract.js": {
+      "version": "7.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tesseract.js/-/tesseract.js-7.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-exPBkd+z+wM1BuMkx/Bjv43OeLBxhL5kKWsz/9JY+DXcXdiBjiAch0V49QR3oAJqCaL5qURE0vx9Eo+G5YE7mA==",
+      "hasInstallScript": true,
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "bmp-js": "^0.1.0",
+        "idb-keyval": "^6.2.0",
+        "is-url": "^1.2.4",
+        "node-fetch": "^2.6.9",
+        "opencollective-postinstall": "^2.0.3",
+        "regenerator-runtime": "^0.13.3",
+        "tesseract.js-core": "^7.0.0",
+        "wasm-feature-detect": "^1.8.0",
+        "zlibjs": "^0.3.1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/tesseract.js-core": {
+      "version": "7.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tesseract.js-core/-/tesseract.js-core-7.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-WnNH518NzmbSq9zgTPeoF8c+xmilS8rFIl1YKbk/ptuuc7p6cLNELNuPAzcmsYw450ca6bLa8j3t0VAtq435Vw==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0"
+    },
+    "node_modules/tesseract.js/node_modules/node-fetch": {
+      "version": "2.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-c4FRfUm/dbcWZ7U+1Wq0AwCyFL+3nt2bEw05wfxSz+DWpWsitgmSgYmy2dQdWyKC1694ELPqMs/YzUSNozLt8A==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "whatwg-url": "^5.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "4.x || >=6.0.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "encoding": "^0.1.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "encoding": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/tiny-invariant": {
       "version": "1.3.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tiny-invariant/-/tiny-invariant-1.3.3.tgz",
@@ -11113,6 +11191,12 @@
         "node": ">=16"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/tr46": {
+      "version": "0.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-N3WMsuqV66lT30CrXNbEjx4GEwlow3v6rr4mCcv6prnfwhS01rkgyFdjPNBYd9br7LpXV1+Emh01fHnq2Gdgrw==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/ts-api-utils": {
       "version": "2.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-api-utils/-/ts-api-utils-2.4.0.tgz",
@@ -11576,6 +11660,12 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/wasm-feature-detect": {
+      "version": "1.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wasm-feature-detect/-/wasm-feature-detect-1.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zksaLKM2fVlnB5jQQDqKXXwYHLQUVH9es+5TOOHwGOVJOCeRBCiPjwSg+3tN2AdTCzjgli4jijCH290kXb/zWQ==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0"
+    },
     "node_modules/web-streams-polyfill": {
       "version": "3.3.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.3.3.tgz",
@@ -11586,6 +11676,22 @@
         "node": ">= 8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/webidl-conversions": {
+      "version": "3.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2JAn3z8AR6rjK8Sm8orRC0h/bcl/DqL7tRPdGZ4I1CjdF+EaMLmYxBHyXuKL849eucPFhvBoxMsflfOb8kxaeQ==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause"
+    },
+    "node_modules/whatwg-url": {
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-saE57nupxk6v3HY35+jzBwYa0rKSy0XR8JSxZPwgLr7ys0IBzhGviA1/TUGJLmSVqs8pb9AnvICXEuOHLprYTw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "tr46": "~0.0.3",
+        "webidl-conversions": "^3.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/which": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/which/-/which-2.0.2.tgz",
@@ -11915,6 +12021,15 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/zlibjs": {
+      "version": "0.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zlibjs/-/zlibjs-0.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+J9RrgTKOmlxFSDHo0pI1xM6BLVUv+o0ZT9ANtCxGkjIVCCUdx9alUF8Gm+dGLKbkkkidWIHFDZHDMpfITt4+w==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/zod": {
       "version": "4.3.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zod/-/zod-4.3.6.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 166eb3a..4e92657 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "react": "19.2.3",
     "react-dom": "19.2.3",
     "tailwind-merge": "^3.4.1",
+    "tesseract.js": "^7.0.0",
     "uuid": "^13.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/app/api/compress-pdf/route.ts b/src/app/api/compress-pdf/route.ts
index 967268c..e08edd5 100644
--- a/src/app/api/compress-pdf/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/compress-pdf/route.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 
 const STIRLING_PDF_URL =
   process.env.STIRLING_PDF_URL ?? "http://10.10.10.166:8087";
+const STIRLING_PDF_API_KEY =
+  process.env.STIRLING_PDF_API_KEY ?? "cd829f62-6eef-43eb-a64d-c91af727b53a";
 
 export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
   try {
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
 
     const res = await fetch(`${STIRLING_PDF_URL}/api/v1/misc/compress-pdf`, {
       method: "POST",
+      headers: { "X-API-KEY": STIRLING_PDF_API_KEY },
       body: formData,
     });
 
diff --git a/src/modules/mini-utilities/components/mini-utilities-module.tsx b/src/modules/mini-utilities/components/mini-utilities-module.tsx
index 201f952..84452cf 100644
--- a/src/modules/mini-utilities/components/mini-utilities-module.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/mini-utilities/components/mini-utilities-module.tsx
@@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ function AiArtifactCleaner() {
     r = r.replace(/\u0163/g, "ț");
     // Remove zero-width and invisible chars
     r = r.replace(/[\u200b\u200c\u200d\ufeff]/g, "");
+    // Remove emoji
+    r = r.replace(/\p{Extended_Pictographic}/gu, "");
+    r = r.replace(/[\u{1F1E0}-\u{1F1FF}]/gu, ""); // flag emoji
+    r = r.replace(/[\u{FE00}-\u{FE0F}\u{20D0}-\u{20FF}]/gu, ""); // variation selectors
     // Normalize typography
     r = r.replace(/[""]/g, '"');
     r = r.replace(/['']/g, "'");
@@ -413,9 +417,9 @@ function AiArtifactCleaner() {
         </div>
       </div>
       <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-        Operații: eliminare markdown (###, **, `, liste, citate), corectare
-        encoding românesc (mojibake), curățare Unicode invizibil, normalizare
-        ghilimele / cratime / spații multiple.
+        Operații: eliminare markdown (###, **, `, liste, citate), emoji,
+        corectare encoding românesc (mojibake), curățare Unicode invizibil,
+        normalizare ghilimele / cratime / spații multiple.
       </p>
     </div>
   );
@@ -574,33 +578,139 @@ function PdfReducer() {
 // ─── Quick OCR ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 function QuickOcr() {
+  const [imageSrc, setImageSrc] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [text, setText] = useState("");
+  const [progress, setProgress] = useState(0);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState("");
+  const [lang, setLang] = useState("ron+eng");
+  const fileRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+
+  const runOcr = async (src: string) => {
+    if (loading) return;
+    setLoading(true);
+    setError("");
+    setText("");
+    setProgress(0);
+    try {
+      const { createWorker } = await import("tesseract.js");
+      const worker = await createWorker(lang.split("+"), 1, {
+        logger: (m: { status: string; progress: number }) => {
+          if (m.status === "recognizing text")
+            setProgress(Math.round(m.progress * 100));
+        },
+      });
+      const { data } = await worker.recognize(src);
+      setText(data.text.trim());
+      await worker.terminate();
+    } catch (e) {
+      setError(e instanceof Error ? e.message : "Eroare OCR necunoscută");
+    } finally {
+      setLoading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleFile = (file: File) => {
+    const reader = new FileReader();
+    reader.onload = (e) => {
+      const src = e.target?.result as string;
+      setImageSrc(src);
+      runOcr(src);
+    };
+    reader.readAsDataURL(file);
+  };
+
+  const handleDrop = (e: React.DragEvent) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    const file = Array.from(e.dataTransfer.files).find((f) =>
+      f.type.startsWith("image/"),
+    );
+    if (file) handleFile(file);
+  };
+
+  const handlePaste = (e: React.ClipboardEvent) => {
+    const item = Array.from(e.clipboardData.items).find((i) =>
+      i.type.startsWith("image/"),
+    );
+    const file = item?.getAsFile();
+    if (file) handleFile(file);
+  };
+
   return (
-    <div className="space-y-3">
-      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3 text-sm">
-        <a
-          href="https://ocr.z.ai"
-          target="_blank"
-          rel="noopener noreferrer"
-          className="text-primary underline underline-offset-2"
+    <div className="space-y-3" onPaste={handlePaste}>
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3">
+        <select
+          value={lang}
+          onChange={(e) => setLang(e.target.value)}
+          className="rounded-md border bg-background px-3 py-1.5 text-sm"
         >
-          Deschide ocr.z.ai ↗
-        </a>
-        <span className="text-muted-foreground">•</span>
-        <span className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
-          Extragere text din imagini și PDF-uri scanate
+          <option value="ron+eng">Română + Engleză</option>
+          <option value="ron">Română</option>
+          <option value="eng">Engleză</option>
+        </select>
+        <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+          sau Ctrl+V pentru a lipi imaginea
         </span>
       </div>
+
       <div
-        className="overflow-hidden rounded-md border"
-        style={{ height: "560px" }}
+        className="flex min-h-[120px] cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-md border-2 border-dashed p-4 text-sm text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:border-primary/50"
+        onClick={() => fileRef.current?.click()}
+        onDrop={handleDrop}
+        onDragOver={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
       >
-        <iframe
-          src="https://ocr.z.ai"
-          className="h-full w-full"
-          title="OCR — extragere text din imagini"
-          allow="fullscreen"
-        />
+        {imageSrc ? (
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @next/next/no-img-element
+          <img
+            src={imageSrc}
+            alt="preview"
+            className="max-h-48 max-w-full rounded object-contain"
+          />
+        ) : (
+          <span>Trage o imagine aici, apasă pentru a selecta, sau Ctrl+V</span>
+        )}
       </div>
+      <input
+        ref={fileRef}
+        type="file"
+        accept="image/*"
+        className="hidden"
+        onChange={(e) => {
+          const f = e.target.files?.[0];
+          if (f) handleFile(f);
+        }}
+      />
+
+      {loading && (
+        <div className="space-y-1">
+          <div className="flex justify-between text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+            <span>Se procesează... (primul rulaj descarcă modelul ~10 MB)</span>
+            <span>{progress}%</span>
+          </div>
+          <div className="h-1.5 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-muted">
+            <div
+              className="h-full bg-primary transition-all"
+              style={{ width: `${progress}%` }}
+            />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {error && <p className="text-sm text-destructive">{error}</p>}
+
+      {text && (
+        <div>
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+            <Label>Text extras</Label>
+            <CopyButton text={text} />
+          </div>
+          <Textarea
+            value={text}
+            readOnly
+            className="mt-1 h-56 font-mono text-xs bg-muted/30"
+          />
+        </div>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }