diff --git a/frontend/src/detail/DetailPanel.jsx b/frontend/src/detail/DetailPanel.jsx
index 07d2260..47f2e26 100644
--- a/frontend/src/detail/DetailPanel.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/detail/DetailPanel.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
 import { DownloadIcon, EditIcon } from '../ui/icons';
 import { getTagColorStyle } from '../utils/colors';
 import { formatFileSize } from '../utils/format';
@@ -294,6 +295,11 @@ const DetailPanel = ({
   const [titleDraft, setTitleDraft] = useState('');
   const [titleSaving, setTitleSaving] = useState(false);
   const [titleError, setTitleError] = useState(null);
+  const [ocrOpen, setOcrOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [ocrLoading, setOcrLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [ocrError, setOcrError] = useState(null);
+  const [ocrText, setOcrText] = useState('');
+  const [ocrLoadedDocId, setOcrLoadedDocId] = useState(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!singleDoc) {
@@ -301,6 +307,11 @@ const DetailPanel = ({
       setTitleDraft('');
       setTitleError(null);
       setTitleSaving(false);
+      setOcrOpen(false);
+      setOcrLoading(false);
+      setOcrError(null);
+      setOcrText('');
+      setOcrLoadedDocId(null);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -312,6 +323,14 @@ const DetailPanel = ({
     }
   }, [singleDoc, titleEditDocId]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setOcrOpen(false);
+    setOcrLoading(false);
+    setOcrError(null);
+    setOcrText('');
+    setOcrLoadedDocId(null);
+  }, [singleDoc?.id]);
+
   const startTitleEdit = useCallback(() => {
     if (!singleDoc) return;
     setTitleEditDocId(singleDoc.id);
@@ -360,6 +379,69 @@ const DetailPanel = ({
     [onPromoteSelection],
   );
 
+  const hasOcrAsset = useMemo(
+    () => Boolean(singleDoc && getDocumentAsset(singleDoc, 'ocr-text')),
+    [singleDoc, getDocumentAsset],
+  );
+
+  const loadOcrText = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (!singleDoc) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (ocrLoadedDocId === singleDoc.id && ocrText) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const asset = getDocumentAsset(singleDoc, 'ocr-text');
+    if (!asset) {
+      setOcrError('No OCR text available for this document.');
+      setOcrText('');
+      setOcrLoadedDocId(singleDoc.id);
+      return;
+    }
+    setOcrLoading(true);
+    setOcrError(null);
+    try {
+      let entry = asset;
+      if (ensureAssetUrl) {
+        entry = (await ensureAssetUrl(singleDoc.id, asset, { force: false })) || asset;
+      }
+      let url = entry?.url || null;
+      if (!url) {
+        url = resolveDocumentAssetUrl(singleDoc, 'ocr-text', {
+          ensureAssetUrl,
+          getAsset: getDocumentAsset,
+        });
+      }
+      if (!url) {
+        throw new Error('OCR text URL is unavailable.');
+      }
+      const response = await fetch(url);
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error(`Failed to fetch OCR text (status ${response.status}).`);
+      }
+      const text = await response.text();
+      setOcrText(text);
+      setOcrLoadedDocId(singleDoc.id);
+    } catch (error) {
+      setOcrError(error.message || 'Failed to load OCR text.');
+      setOcrText('');
+    } finally {
+      setOcrLoading(false);
+    }
+  }, [singleDoc, ensureAssetUrl, getDocumentAsset, ocrLoadedDocId, ocrText]);
+
+  const openOcr = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!singleDoc) {
+      return;
+    }
+    setOcrOpen(true);
+    loadOcrText();
+  }, [singleDoc, loadOcrText]);
+
+  const closeOcr = useCallback(() => {
+    setOcrOpen(false);
+  }, []);
+
   const makePreviewItem = useCallback(
     (doc) => {
       if (!doc) return null;
@@ -681,14 +763,21 @@ const DetailPanel = ({
           >
             Open preview
           </button>
-          <button
-            type="button"
-            className="secondary"
-            onClick={() => onRegenerateThumbnails(singleDoc.id)}
-          >
-            Re-run analysis
-          </button>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          className="secondary"
+          onClick={() => onRegenerateThumbnails(singleDoc.id)}
+        >
+          Re-run analysis
+        </button>
         </div>
+        {hasOcrAsset ? (
+          <div className="detail-ocr-trigger">
+            <button type="button" className="secondary" onClick={openOcr}>
+              View OCR text
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        ) : null}
         <TagSection
           title="Tags"
           tags={tagsForDoc.map((tag) => ({
@@ -728,6 +817,43 @@ const DetailPanel = ({
             <pre>{JSON.stringify(metadata, null, 2)}</pre>
           </div>
         )}
+        {hasOcrAsset && ocrOpen
+          ? createPortal(
+              <div className="modal-backdrop" role="presentation" onClick={closeOcr}>
+                <div
+                  className="modal modal--ocr"
+                  role="dialog"
+                  aria-modal="true"
+                  aria-label="OCR text"
+                  onClick={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}
+                >
+                  <div className="modal__header">
+                    <h3>OCR Text</h3>
+                    <button
+                      type="button"
+                      className="icon-button ghost"
+                      onClick={closeOcr}
+                      aria-label="Close OCR text"
+                    >
+                      ×
+                    </button>
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="modal__body detail-ocr__content">
+                    {ocrLoading ? (
+                      <div className="meta">Loading OCR text…</div>
+                    ) : ocrError ? (
+                      <div className="status-inline error">{ocrError}</div>
+                    ) : ocrText ? (
+                      <pre>{ocrText}</pre>
+                    ) : (
+                      <div className="meta">OCR text empty.</div>
+                    )}
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </div>,
+              document.body,
+            )
+          : null}
       </>
     );
   };
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles.css b/frontend/src/styles.css
index 9aff6e4..48f610a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles.css
@@ -1516,6 +1516,50 @@ button.icon-button.ghost:hover:not([disabled]) {
   margin: 0.6rem 0;
 }
 
+.detail-ocr-trigger {
+  margin: 0.75rem 0;
+}
+
+.detail-ocr__content {
+  max-height: 60vh;
+  overflow: auto;
+  padding: 0.75rem;
+  background: var(--surface-soft);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.05);
+}
+
+.detail-ocr__content pre {
+  margin: 0;
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  word-break: break-word;
+  font-family: var(--font-mono, 'SFMono-Regular', Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, monospace);
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+}
+
+.modal__body {
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+.modal--ocr {
+  width: min(720px, 100%);
+  max-height: 80vh;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+}
+
+.modal--ocr .modal__header {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+}
+
+.modal--ocr .modal__body {
+  padding: 0;
+}
+
 .preview-pane {
   margin-top: 0.4rem;
   border: none;