Question 1

What types of images work best?

Accepted Answer

High-contrast, well-lit images with clear, horizontal text on a plain background. Printed text is recognized more accurately than handwriting. Higher resolution improves accuracy.

Question 2

What languages are supported?

Accepted Answer

Most OCR engines support 100+ languages including Latin, Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and Devanagari scripts. Accuracy varies by language and font.

Question 3

Can I extract text from PDFs?

Accepted Answer

If the PDF contains actual text (searchable PDF), you can copy it directly. For scanned PDFs (image-based), OCR is needed. Convert each page to an image first, then run OCR on each image.

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