OCR.Space Free OCR API

OCR.Space Free OCR API: Extract Text from Images and PDFs

OCR.Space offers a free OCR API for extracting text from images and PDFs. It can handle over 60 languages and has no limits on processed files for personal and small business use.

What is OCR.Space Free OCR API?

OCR.Space Free OCR API is an optical character recognition service that allows extracting text from images and PDF documents for free. It works by analyzing image files uploaded to their cloud servers and identifying textual elements using advanced machine learning models.

The free API has no limits on the number of files processed for personal and small business use. It supports over 60 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and more. The recognized text is returned in common formats like plain text, searchable PDF and Microsoft Word.

Key features of the OCR.Space Free OCR API:

• Extract text from JPEG, PNG images and PDF documents
• No limits on processed files for non-commercial use
• Supports over 60 languages for OCR
• Handles scanned documents, receipts, invoices etc.
• Returns output in TXT, PDF, Word and ZIP formats
• Simple integration with PHP, C#, Java, JavaScript and more
• Completely free with no trials or credit card required

The free API access allows up to 500 pages per month which is sufficient for most basic personal and small business use cases. For larger volumes and commercial use, paid plans are available.

OCR.Space Free OCR API Features

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