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OCR Web Service API - Key Features

Supported recognition languages

OCR Web Service supports 46 recognition languages:

Recognition languages Programmatic name (for REST API) Recognition languages Programmatic name (for REST API)
EnglishenglishIndonesianindonesian
AfrikaansafrikaansItalianitalian
AlbanianalbanianJapanesejapanese
BasquebasqueKoreankorean
BrazilianbrazilianLatinlatin
BulgarianbulgarianLatvianlatvian
ByelorussianbyelorussianLithuanianlithuanian
CatalancatalanMacedonianmacedonian
Chinese SimplifiedchinesesimplifiedMalaymalay
Chinese TraditionalchinesetraditionalMoldavianmoldavian
CroatiancroatianNorwegiannorwegian
CzechczechPolishpolish
DanishdanishPortugueseportuguese
DutchdutchRomanianromanian
EsperantoesperantoRussianrussian
EstonianestonianSerbianserbian
FinnishfinnishSlovakslovak
FrenchfrenchSlovenianslovenian
GaliciangalicianSpanishspanish
GermangermanSwedishswedish
GreekgreekTagalogtagalog
HungarianhungarianTurkishturkish
IcelandicicelandicUkrainianUkrainian

Supported output formats

Service gives you the possibility to convert recognized text into 8 output formats:

Output format Programmatic name (for REST API)
Adobe PDF text documentpdf
Adobe PDF with image and textpdfimg
Microsoft Word 2003doc
Microsoft Word 2007docx
Microsoft Excel 2003xls
Microsoft Excel 2007xlsx
RTF documentrtf
Text plaintxt

Supported input formats

Service can handle the following image formats:

  • PDF (All types of PDF files including multi-page PDFs)
  • TIF/TIFF (Multipage TIFFs supported)
  • JPEG/JPG
  • BMP
  • PCX
  • PNG
  • GIF
  • ZIP files containing the above types of files can also be uploaded.

Image quality is one of the most important factors that improve quality of recognition. A resolution of 200-400 DPI for input images is best for recognition.

Maximum input file size : 100 MB