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OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text (Tesseract, 40 languages)

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Bulk OCR for images and scanned PDFs: image to text and scanned PDF to text in 40 languages with Tesseract 5. Per-page text, confidence score, optional word bounding boxes and hOCR. Auto-rotation, smart PDF text-layer mode. Blank pages and errors are free.

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You can access the OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text (Tesseract, 40 languages) 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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MCP

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 = {
9    "sources": [
10        { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tesseract-ocr/test/main/testing/phototest.tif" },
11        { "url": "https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF/raw/main/tests/resources/linn.pdf" },
12    ],
13    "languages": ["eng"],
14}
15
16# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
17run = client.actor("timeout/ocr-image-pdf-to-text").call(run_input=run_input)
18
19# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
20print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
21for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
22    print(item)
23
24# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

OCR – Image & Scanned PDF to Text (40 languages) API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text (Tesseract, 40 languages) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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