# OCR

Browse 7 online OCR tools for extracting text from images and scanned documents. Use them in your browser; text inputs are not stored and uploaded files are deleted after 6 hours.

> Canonical page: https://elysiatools.com/en/tags/ocr

## Overview

Use OCR tools to recognize and extract text from images and scanned documents through a browser-based interface, without installing software. Processing runs on Elysia Tools servers.

## Frequently asked questions

### What can I do with OCR tools?

OCR tools help recognize and extract text from images and scanned documents through a browser-based interface.

### Do I need to install software?

No. You can operate these OCR tools in your browser without installing software.

### How is my data handled?

Processing runs on Elysia Tools servers. Text inputs are not stored, and uploaded files are automatically deleted after 6 hours.

## Tools

- [AI Image to Markdown](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/ai-image-to-markdown): Extract text from images and convert to markdown format using AI vision models
- [Receipt & Invoice OCR Recognition](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/ai-image-to-receipt-json): Extract key information from receipt/invoice images and convert to custom JSON format using AI vision models
- [AI ID Card OCR Recognition](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/ai-ocr-id-card-to-json): Extract key information from ID card images and convert to JSON format using AI vision models for free
- [PDF OCR Text Layer](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/pdf-ocr-text-layer): Add searchable/copyable OCR text layer to scanned PDF using Tesseract
- [PDF Text Extractor](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/pdf-text-extractor): Extract text content from PDF documents with support for page selection, formatting options, and multi-language processing
- [PNG Table Screenshot to Excel](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/png-table-screenshot-to-excel): Use MiniMax M3 vision to recognize a table from a PNG screenshot and export the reconstructed grid to Excel
- [Scanned PDF OCR to Markdown](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/scanned-pdf-ocr-to-markdown): Convert scanned or image-heavy PDFs into Markdown with OpenDataLoader hybrid OCR, with a graceful fallback when the hybrid backend is unavailable

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