diff --git a/frontend/src/App.jsx b/frontend/src/App.jsx
index 39ca412..6d08cc1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.jsx
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ function App() {
   // Job metadata
   const [metadata, setMetadata] = useState({ author: '', book: '', chapter: '', page: '' })
 
+  // Editable OCR text (for plain_ocr mode, editable before commit)
+  const [editedOcrText, setEditedOcrText] = useState('')
+
   // Job commit state
   const [commitLoading, setCommitLoading] = useState(false)
   const [commitResult, setCommitResult] = useState(null)
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ function App() {
       setImagePreview(fileType === 'image' ? URL.createObjectURL(file) : file)
       setError(null)
       setResult(null)
+      setEditedOcrText('')
       setCommitResult(null)
     }
   }, [imagePreview, fileType])
@@ -95,6 +99,8 @@ function App() {
         headers: { 'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data' },
       })
       setResult(response.data)
+      setEditedOcrText(response.data.text || '')
+      setCommitResult(null)
     } catch (err) {
       setError(err.response?.data?.detail || err.message || 'An error occurred')
     } finally {
@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ function App() {
   }
 
   const handleCommitJob = useCallback(async () => {
-    if (!image || !result?.text) return
+    if (!image) return
     setCommitLoading(true)
     setCommitResult(null)
     try {
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ function App() {
       formData.append('book', metadata.book)
       formData.append('chapter', metadata.chapter)
       formData.append('page', metadata.page)
-      formData.append('ocr_text', result.text)
+      formData.append('ocr_text', editedOcrText)
       formData.append('mode', mode)
 
       const response = await axios.post(`${API_BASE}/jobs`, formData, {
@@ -125,16 +131,18 @@ function App() {
     } finally {
       setCommitLoading(false)
     }
-  }, [image, result, metadata, mode])
+  }, [image, editedOcrText, metadata, mode])
 
   const handleCopy = useCallback(() => {
-    if (result?.text) navigator.clipboard.writeText(result.text)
-  }, [result])
+    const text = editedOcrText || result?.text
+    if (text) navigator.clipboard.writeText(text)
+  }, [editedOcrText, result])
 
   const handleDownload = useCallback(() => {
-    if (!result?.text) return
+    const text = editedOcrText || result?.text
+    if (!text) return
     const ext = { plain_ocr: 'txt', describe: 'txt', find_ref: 'txt', freeform: 'txt' }[mode] || 'txt'
-    const blob = new Blob([result.text], { type: 'text/plain' })
+    const blob = new Blob([text], { type: 'text/plain' })
     const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
     const a = document.createElement('a')
     a.href = url
@@ -391,6 +399,8 @@ function App() {
                     onCommitJob={mode === 'plain_ocr' && result ? handleCommitJob : null}
                     commitLoading={commitLoading}
                     commitResult={commitResult}
+                    editedOcrText={editedOcrText}
+                    onOcrTextChange={setEditedOcrText}
                   />
                 </motion.div>
               </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ResultPanel.jsx b/frontend/src/components/ResultPanel.jsx
index 0867e7c..b415e6a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ResultPanel.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ResultPanel.jsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Copy, Download, Sparkles, Loader2, CheckCircle2, ChevronDown, Database
 import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown'
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify'
 
-export default function ResultPanel({ result, loading, imagePreview, onCopy, onDownload, onCommitJob, commitLoading, commitResult }) {
+export default function ResultPanel({ result, loading, imagePreview, onCopy, onDownload, onCommitJob, commitLoading, commitResult, editedOcrText, onOcrTextChange }) {
   const canvasRef = useRef(null)
   const imgRef = useRef(null)
   const [showAdvanced, setShowAdvanced] = useState(false)
@@ -226,26 +226,37 @@ export default function ResultPanel({ result, loading, imagePreview, onCopy, onD
               </div>
             )}
 
-            {/* Text result */}
-            <div className="bg-white/5 border border-white/10 rounded-xl p-4 max-h-96 overflow-y-auto">
-              {isHTML ? (
-                <div 
-                  className="prose prose-invert prose-sm max-w-none"
-                  dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: DOMPurify.sanitize(result.text) }}
-                  style={{
-                    color: '#e5e7eb',
-                  }}
+            {/* Text result — editable textarea in plain_ocr/commit mode, rendered otherwise */}
+            {onCommitJob ? (
+              <div className="space-y-1">
+                <p className="text-xs text-gray-400">OCR Text <span className="text-purple-400">(editable — correct before committing)</span></p>
+                <textarea
+                  value={editedOcrText}
+                  onChange={e => onOcrTextChange(e.target.value)}
+                  rows={10}
+                  className="w-full bg-white/5 border border-white/10 rounded-xl px-4 py-3 text-sm text-gray-200 font-mono resize-y focus:outline-none focus:border-purple-500/50 transition-colors"
+                  placeholder="OCR text will appear here..."
                 />
-              ) : isMarkdown ? (
-                <div className="prose prose-invert prose-sm max-w-none">
-                  <ReactMarkdown>{result.text}</ReactMarkdown>
-                </div>
-              ) : (
-                <pre className="text-sm text-gray-200 whitespace-pre-wrap font-mono">
-                  {result.text}
-                </pre>
-              )}
-            </div>
+              </div>
+            ) : (
+              <div className="bg-white/5 border border-white/10 rounded-xl p-4 max-h-96 overflow-y-auto">
+                {isHTML ? (
+                  <div
+                    className="prose prose-invert prose-sm max-w-none"
+                    dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: DOMPurify.sanitize(result.text) }}
+                    style={{ color: '#e5e7eb' }}
+                  />
+                ) : isMarkdown ? (
+                  <div className="prose prose-invert prose-sm max-w-none">
+                    <ReactMarkdown>{result.text}</ReactMarkdown>
+                  </div>
+                ) : (
+                  <pre className="text-sm text-gray-200 whitespace-pre-wrap font-mono">
+                    {result.text}
+                  </pre>
+                )}
+              </div>
+            )}
 
             {/* Raw Response Viewer */}
             {result.raw_text && (