Extract text from images and scanned PDFs by URL, in bulk
Read the text in images and scanned PDFs from a list of URLs: one row per line with confidence and position. Failed images are free.
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The Image to Text OCR: images and scanned PDF OCR, per line Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like image or pdf urls and minimum confidence per line, to match your specific use case.
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Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as URL, text, lines, and more.
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The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Extract text from images and scanned PDFs by URL, in bulk" task via API.
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Yes, printed ones read well; use the boxes to keep amounts next to their labels.
Latin-script languages (English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and so on) and Chinese. Cyrillic, Arabic and Asian scripts other than Chinese are not supported.
No. The OCR runs inside the actor; nothing leaves Apify.
Until 2 November 2026, no. From 3 November 2026 an image that was read to the end without readable text costs $0.001 (image-checked); reading it uses the same computing time as an image with text.