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PDF OCR

Read scanned PDFs and get clean text per page, with a confidence score for each one. Pages that already carry a text layer are read directly and never billed as OCR, so mixed batches come back faster, more accurately and cheaper.

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PDF OCR - Convert Scanned PDF to Text & JSON API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use PDF OCR locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

PDF OCR API in Python

PDF OCR API in JavaScript

PDF OCR OpenAPI definition

PDF OCR API

Pdf OCR API

cspnair/pdf-ocr-api

Extract and convert text from PDF documents using advanced optical character recognition technology with support for multiple AI models.

csp

5.0

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PDF OCR API - Document Extraction

alizarin_refrigerator-owner/pdf-ocr-api

Extract text from PDFs including scanned documents. OCR processing, table extraction & structured data output. Process invoices, contracts & forms at scale.

The Howlers

PDF OCR Text Extractor — PDFs & Images to Text, 12+ Languages

vivid_astronaut/ocr-pdf-extractor

Extract text from PDFs and images with OCR in 12+ languages, including word-level detail, form fields, and tables. Send a file, get clean structured text — built for document digitization and data-entry automation.

Fabio Suizu

Google Lens OCR API — Image to Text, Batch OCR & PDF

crawloop/google-lens-ocr-api

OCR API powered by Google Lens: image to text, batch OCR up to 50 URLs, PDF pages, base64 input, word/line bounding boxes, translation. Standby REST API or dataset batch mode. Pay per successful OCR. Receipt & document scanning.

Andrej Kiva

OCR – PDF to Word (Arabic and all other languages)

mshshakir/OCR-Arabic

Convert Arabic PDFs to Word with Google Cloud Vision OCR. Optimized for manuscripts and books, it highlights low-confidence words in red for easy review. Get a clean, editable .docx file ready for publishing. Works for other languages too—fast, accurate, and reliable.

Mufaddal Shakir

PDF OCR Tool — Scanned PDF Text Extraction

junipr/pdf-ocr-tool

Run OCR on scanned PDFs and image-based documents. Extract text by page with language options, confidence scores, and searchable text exports.

junipr

Pdf Power Tools

agenscrape/pdf-power-tools

Split, merge, compress, convert & OCR PDFs via API. Extract text from scanned documents in 14 languages. Compress files for email, convert pages to PNG/JPEG/WebP, split by pages or ranges, merge multiple PDFs. Perfect for document automation & data extraction workflows.

Agenscrape

PDF Text Extractor — Markdown, OCR & Metadata

memo23/pdf-text-extractor

Turn any PDF URL into clean data: full text, LLM-ready Markdown, per-page content, and metadata. Reads scanned PDFs via OCR (23 languages), supports page ranges, and processes files in parallel. Export JSON, CSV, or Excel. Ideal for RAG pipelines, invoices, and research.

Muhamed Didovic

Pdf to json

shahabuddin38/pdf-to-json

Convert PDF files into structured JSON with optional OCR, table extraction, key-value detection, and metadata parsing. Ideal for invoices, receipts, contracts, statements, forms, and document automation workflows. Supports digital and scanned PDFs for API-ready data extraction.

Shahab Uddin

PDF Extract — Text, Tables & Metadata (OCR-ready)

sathvic_kollu/techtenstein-pdf-extract

Extract clean text, structured tables, and metadata from any PDF URL. Supports OCR for scanned documents. Ideal for building document pipelines, financial data extraction, invoice processing, and research automation.