Top-10; Online OCR Tools / Converter





 OCR ToolsLanguagesInputOutputSign-up
1ABBYY FineReader Online42JPG, TIF, PCX, DCX, BMP, PNG, GIF, DJVU, DJV and PDFDOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PDF, RTF, TXT and ODTYes
2Free OCR29 JPG, GIF, TIFF and BMPWebpageNo
3Free Online OCREn onlyPDF, GIF, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and PNGDOC, PDF, TXT and RTFNo
4Google Docs38Any Image formats and PDFODT, PDF, RTF, TXT, DOC and HTMLYes
5i2OCR33TIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, PBM, PGM and PPMDOCNo
6New OCR58JPEG, JFIF, PNG, GIF, BMP, PBM, PGM, PPM, PCX, etc.TXT, DOC, ODT, RTF, PDF and HTMLNo
7OCR Convert35JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF and PDFTXTNo
8OCR Online153JPG, TIFF, PNG, GIF and PDFPDF, DOC, RTF and TXTYes
9OCRextrACT42PDF, TIFF, PNG, JPG, BMP and PBMTXTNo
10Online OCR32JPG, JPEG, BMP, TIFF and GIFDOC, XLS and TXTNo
Although most of these 10 free online OCR tools support multiple language
As per Wikipedia , OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is the mechanical or electronic conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text.
So an OCR tool is for you to extract the text from an image. For example, the following is an image of the text "I Love You!" in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and French:
Free Online OCR Tools
To get the text, you can write them down with these online virtual keyboards, instead, you can check out the following top 10 free online OCR tools:

1. ABBYY FineReader Online

ABBYY FineReader Online
After registration, you can upload an image or PDF file, select up to 3 languages, and choose an output format, then ABBYY FineReader Online  will convert your file to text.

2. Free OCR

Free OCR
On the Free OCR website, you can upload an image or PDF file (only first page), select the language, enter the CAPTCHA code, and click on the "Send file" button, then your file will be converted to text.

3. Free Online OCR

Free Online OCR
Free Online OCR  only supports English, you can upload a PDF or image file, and select an output format, then you can extract the text from the file.

4. Google Docs

Google Docs
Log in your Google Docs, select all the following 3 items:
  • Convert Uploaded files to Google Docs format,
  • Convert text from uploaded PDF and image files,
  • Confirm setting before each upload.
And upload your image, select the language, then you can view the result.

5. i2OCR

i2OCR
On the i2OCR  website, you can upload your image or enter an image URL, and pick up a language, then you can preview and download the result.

6. New OCR

New OCR
New OCR  is available for you to upload an image, PDF and even compressed file from your computer, or by entering its URL, then you can choose one language, click the "Preview" button to preview the file, and click the "OCR" button todownload the result.

7. OCR Convert

OCR Convert
On the OCR Convert  website, you can upload an image or PDF file, select a language, and click the "Process" button, then you can convert and download the result as a TXT file.

8. OCR Online

OCR Online
After registration, you can choose a language, select an output format, and upload an image or PDF file, then you can covert your file to text.
By the way, OCR Online  is only available for you to upload 5 pages (images) per week free.

9. OCRextrACT

OCRextrACT
On the OCRextrACT  website, you can select a language, and upload a PDF or image file, then you can view the result on the website or download it as a TXT file.

10. Online OCR

Online OCR
On the Online OCR  website, you can upload an image, choose one language, select the output format, enter the verified code, and click the "Recognize" button, then you can preview and download the result.
For the differences on supported languages, input and output formats among the above 10 OCR tools, you can check out the following table:
s, none of them can convert the image of text in 5 different languages, and what is more, they are not good enough to recognize the handwritten text yet.

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