Scanread.ai – Free OCR for images, PDFs, and handwriting in 100 languages
Scanread.ai offers free OCR text extraction from images, PDFs, screenshots, and handwritten notes, supporting over 100 languages without requiring an account. Includes performance benchmarks and a free tier of 20 pages per day.
Extract text from any image or document free — ScanRead.ai
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Extract text from any image or document free
Drop a photo, screenshot, or PDF — get copyable text in seconds. Free, no signup needed.
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No signup required · 20 pages/day free with account · 100+ languages
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Drop an image, PDF, or paste from clipboard instantly.
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Get editable text in seconds — supporting 100+ languages.
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Copy, download, or share a link to the result immediately.
Works with anything you throw at it.
Photos, scans, screenshots, handwriting — if it has text, we can extract it.
Photos of documents
Take a photo of any paper, receipt, or page with your phone. Get the text instantly — no scanner needed.
Handwritten notes
Convert handwriting to typed text you can edit, search, and share. Works with cursive and print.
Scanned PDFs
Make any scanned PDF searchable and copyable. Process multi-page documents in one go.
Screenshots & screen captures
Pull text from any screenshot instantly. Perfect for error messages, code snippets, and web content.
Any document. Editable text.
Receipts, contracts, textbooks, notes — drop it in, get the text out.
Receipts & invoices
Expense tracking made easy
Contracts & letters
Turn paper into editable text
Books & articles
Digitize printed pages fast
A tool for every task
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100+ languages supported
EnglishSpanishFrenchGermanItalianPortugueseChineseJapaneseKoreanArabicHindiRussianDutchPolishTurkishVietnameseThaiIndonesianSwedishCzechRomanianGreekHebrewUkrainian
OCR Performance Benchmarks
Real accuracy numbers across industry-standard datasets. See how our models stack up.
PP-OCRv5
2M params
Dataset / TaskPP-OCRv5Google VisionAWS Textract
ICDAR 2015 · Printed English82.5% F184.2%83.1%
MSRA-TD500 · Multilingual Scene87.3% F185.1%—
Chinese Document · Dense CJK95.2%93.8%89.5%
English Document · Standard97.1%97.5%96.8%
Handwritten · English78.4%82.1%76.3%
Handwritten · Chinese81.2%79.5%—
Receipts & Invoices · Structured92.8%94.1%95.2%
Key advantage: CJK recognition outperforms Google Vision. 2M parameter model enables fast local inference.
PaddleOCR-VL
TaskPaddleOCR-VLGoogle Doc AIAWS Textract
Simple Tables91.5%93.2%94.1%
Complex Tables84.3%86.7%85.9%
Mixed Layouts89.1%91.4%88.5%
Handwritten + Printed Mixed83.7%85.2%80.1%
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