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Image to Text OCR: Extract Text from Images & Screenshots

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Extract text from images, photos, scans and screenshots (PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP, AVIF) with OCR in 100+ languages. Optional lines with positions and confidence. $0.002 per image; failed images are free.

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You can access the Image to Text OCR: Extract Text from Images & Screenshots programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "imageUrls": ["https://tesseract.projectnaptha.com/img/eng_bw.png"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("richiedc95/image-to-text-ocr").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Image to Text OCR API: Text from Images, 100+ Languages API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Image to Text OCR: Extract Text from Images & Screenshots API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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