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EasyOCR

Reads printed text out of photos and images in more than 80 languages.

Research-backed

What it does

OCR (optical character recognition) means finding and reading text in a picture, such as a street sign, a menu or a scanned page. EasyOCR does this with AI and supports more than 80 languages and many writing systems, including Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari and Cyrillic.

You give it an image and the languages to look for. It returns each piece of text it found, where it is in the picture, and how confident it is.

It is a Python library, so it's mainly for developers. There is also a web demo for trying it out.

Who it's for

Developers who need to pull text out of images, and anyone curious to try OCR through the demo.

Can I use it without coding?

Developers only. A Python library; a web demo lets you try it without installing anything. New to this? Start here.

Can I run it?

Cost
FreeNothing to pay or sign up for.
Computer
An ordinary computer is fine
Privacy
Runs on your own device: your data stays with you
API key
Not needed

Try it

Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding assistant? Paste the prompt and it will walk you through the setup.New to this?

Before you install

  • Only download from the official GitHub page. Copies with similar names exist for many popular projects.
  • License (Apache-2.0): Permissive: free to use, change and share, including for business.
  • More on staying safe

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