Add AI to your application via the World Leading OCR and Capture API
Recognize printed text (OCR) and hand-printed text (ICR) on images, convert image-only documents to searchable PDF or editable Microsoft Office formats, extract data from receipts, business cards and IDs through the simple REST API.
Key features of OCR web API
Text recognition
Full-page and zonal OCR (printed text) for 200+ languages and ICR (hand-printed text).
Document conversion
Convert image/PDF to searchable PDF, PDF/A and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Data extraction
Receipt recognition, business card recognition and ID recognition (MRZ).
Multi-platform support
Provide your clients with the high-quality text recognition across every platform you support.
Text extraction from images
Full-page and zonal OCR (printed text recognition) for 200+ languages and ICR (hand-printed text).
Document conversion
Convert image/PDF to searchable PDF, PDF/A and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Data extraction
Receipt recognition, business card recognition and ID recognition (MRZ).
Service scalability
ABBYY Cloud OCR SDK scales processing and storage power elastically depending on the load, powered by the Microsoft Azure Platform.
Data location
Customers can choose to process their documents in Microsoft Azure data centers either in the USA or Western Europe (the Netherlands).
Code samples Free code samples of ABBYY Cloud OCR SDK will show you how to create an application for mobile, web or desktop.OPEN code samples
Quick start guideStep-by-step guides will help you to start developing your app with our free OCR SDK.OPEN THE QUICK START GUIDE
Support
ABBYY’s qualified support team and our growing developer community are at your service.
Developer’s forum
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Technical specifications
The list of supported image formats, recognition languages, provided processing profiles and other.
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