OCR library for C#, Java, Python and beyond

Fast, accurate, and comprehensive cross-platform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) API for C#, Java, Python, C++ or JavaScript.

Experience one of the most reliable and developer-friendly OCR API. Extract machine-readable text from images and convert scanned PDFs into searchable, editable documents with just a few lines of code in your preferred programming language.

Aspose OCR library supports over 130 worldwide languages, including Extended Latin, Cyrillic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Hindi, Arabic, Persian, Tamil, and more. OUR API can effortlessly process multilingual texts with mixed-language support.

Key features

Extract machine-readable text from any file with unmatched accuracy. Read any language, including multilingual texts.

  • Read everything

    Convert scans, photos and screenshots to text; create searchable PDFs; read images from URLs.

  • Reliable results

    Achieve the highest recognition accuracy, even with rotated, blurry, distorted and noisy images.

  • Batch processing

    Bulk-recognize all images from folders and archives, and read multi-page PDF documents and TIFF images.

  • Layout detection

    Handle any layout: multi-column documents, tables, street photos, ID cards, car plates, and more.

140+ recognition languages

English, French, Spanish, Cyrillic, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Tamil, and many more. Recognize mixed languages, such as Chinese/English, Arabic/English, or Cyrillic/English.

Why Aspose.OCR?

  • 130+

    languages

    Aspose offers universal OCR solution for content digitization on a global scale. With support for most European, Asian, African and American languages, it is well-adapted for multilingual projects.

  • 9+

    years in development

    Our OCR model was developed and tested over many years. This translates to superior reliability, even in complex cases where other OCR libraries might struggle to achieve sufficient speed and accuracy.

  • 2.0M+

    downloads

    Widely adopted and trusted by developers, our library has become the top pick for OCR-related projects. With powerful features and dependable support, it empowers you to build with confidence.

Free evaluation

You can use Aspose OCR API right after the installation. A temporary license removes all limitations of the trial version for 30 days.

Start building a fully functional OCR solution and make the final decision to purchase Aspose OCR library later.

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Optical character recognition becomes a trivial and straightforward task with Aspose OCR, even for developers new to the technology. See how easy it is!

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Reads everything

The accuracy of text recognition heavily relies on the quality of the original image. Aspose OCR offers a comprehensive set of image processing filters, both fully automated and manual, to improve image quality before OCR processing.

Our powerful image processing and customizable content structure detection algorithms allow you to extract text from almost any image, from high-quality scans to blurry street photos. For optimal recognition results, you can apply multiple processing filters to the same image.

Scales to any task

Fine-tune the recognition process to your needs. Choose between high-accuracy thorough recognition or prioritize speed with fast recognition. Leverage the library’s automatic scaling based on your processor cores, or manually specify the number of threads for optimal performance. Free up valuable CPU resources by offloading calculations to the GPU.

Keep your application lean and modular by selectively adding advanced features from our online repository . For example, if you only need Arabic characters recognition, you may omit Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Cyrillic and other OCR models, saving significant amounts of disk space.

Solutions

Aspose OCR library is suitable for any task, from personal to enterprise and government level. We’ll handle the technical implementation with maximum efficiency, regardless of the scale.

Enterprise

Validate and verify invoice data
Track and reimburse receipts
Comply with GDPR and other regulations
Digitize paper archives
Automate data entry from contracts
Process correspondence and forms

SMB

Create new documents from existing ones
Find important details in scans
Automate customer data entry
Analyze printed flyers and datasheets
Convert receipts and invoices to text
Extract key data from photos

Personal

Digitize personal correspondence
Extract text from street photo
Read screenshots
Copy text from scan or photo
Minimize storage space
Search for text in images

Ready to go?

Download the OCR library for your preferred programming language and start building solutions today.

Advanced OCR engine

Most OCR libraries are based on open-source solutions that only perform well with basic scanned documents. However, such solutions often struggle with upside-down and inverted images, multi-column layouts and tables, street photos, and complex layouts. If your project demands exceptional accuracy for critical data extraction, you should consider the alternatives.

Developed and refined by our machine learning experts over years, Aspose OCR is built on a proprietary engine trained on extensive datasets. Continuously improved through customer feedback, it not only matches the capabilities of Tesseract but also outperforms in complex scenarios. When Tesseract struggles, Aspose OCR delivers exceptional accuracy, ensuring reliable text recognition in even the most challenging cases.

By offering a wide range of support options, we ensure lower maintenance costs for you, especially in the long term.

Control every aspect of recognition

Our OCR library delivers excellent recognition accuracy and performance out of the box. However, in some cases the default settings may not provide the most reliable recognition results, offering potential for further optimization.

The true power of our API lies in its flexibility and granular control over every recognition step. Fine-tune settings and create custom image preprocessing workflows to achieve the perfect balance between speed and accuracy for your specific needs.