OCR and chat with any document
Image, PDF, or Word to clean text, tables and math in 100+ languages. No signup to try.
Drag and drop, or paste a screenshot
Image, PDF, Word (DOCX) or text - drop, browse, paste, or use a URL
Fast handles printed text. Premium AI reads handwriting, math, tables & complex layouts.
🔒 Your files are processed privately and deleted automatically.
💬 After extracting, you can chat with your document and get answers cited to the page. Learn more →
Real tables, not mush
Tables come out as real Markdown/CSV, never misaligned text. Nothing is silently dropped.
See it side by side
Review the extracted text next to your original, with low-confidence spans flagged before you trust them.
One paste, every format
Copy or download as TXT, Markdown, DOCX, searchable PDF, JSON, or LaTeX, all from one screen.
100+ languages
Latin, CJK, Arabic, Cyrillic, Indic and more. Foreign words are transcribed, never auto-translated.
Math → LaTeX
Equations and formulas convert to clean LaTeX you can paste straight into your paper.
Simple API
One POST request returns clean Markdown or JSON. Metered per page, no surprises.
A tool for every document
Create a free account
Unlock the Premium AI engine for handwriting, math and tables, save your OCR history, and get more pages every month, free to start, no card required.
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Upload or paste
Drop an image or PDF, click to browse, or paste a screenshot. Multi-page PDFs and batches welcome.
The right engine reads it
A fast engine handles printed text; the premium AI engine tackles handwriting, complex layouts, tables and math, in 100+ languages.
Review & export
Check the text side by side with your original, then copy or download as TXT, Markdown, Word, searchable PDF, CSV or JSON.
Why OCR.chat
| Feature | OCR.chat | Typical OCR tools |
|---|---|---|
| Try with no signup | ✅ | Often paywalled |
| Real tables (Markdown/CSV) | ✅ | Misaligned text |
| Handwriting & math (LaTeX) | ✅ | Rare |
| 100+ languages, no auto-translate | ✅ | Limited |
| TXT · MD · DOCX · PDF · CSV · JSON | ✅ | One or two |
| Side-by-side review + confidence | ✅ | , |
| Simple REST API | ✅ | Enterprise only |
Use this via the API
Extract text from an image or PDF with a single POST. Authenticate with the API token from your account page.
curl -X POST https://ocr.chat/api/v1/ocr/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-F "file=@your-file.pdf" \
-F "language=auto"Files of 5 pages or fewer return the result inline; otherwise poll the job, then download it as md:
curl -L "https://ocr.chat/api/v1/ocr/JOB_UUID/download/?format=md" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" -o result.md