Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

This API helps developers find and extract text from images programmatically. It's designed for software engineers who need to integrate optical character recognition capabilities into their applications. The tool… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. An API to find and extract text from images launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   ScanR▲180

   API to detect text in images, built for developers

   2015 · scanr.xyz · its alternatives →

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   Mistral OCR▲592

   Introducing the world’s best document understanding API

   2025 · mistral.ai · its alternatives →

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   ReadingLines▲63

   Extract Text From Images

   2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   ReadingLines▲66

   Extract text from images

   2022 · its alternatives →

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   Image Reader▲62

   Let your computer read for you

   2022 · ir.germanov.dev · its alternatives →

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   Cloud Vision API▲336

   Image recognition API for developers from Google

   2015 · cloudplatform.googleblog.com · its alternatives →

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   an API to extract text from a PDF▲51

   2013 · stamplin.com · its alternatives →

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   EasyOCR▲75

   NoCode AI as a service, automate text extraction from images

   2021 · jaided.ai · its alternatives →

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   Image to Text▲110

   Transform images into text - swift, precise, secure

   2023 · its alternatives →

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    Extract Table from Image▲217

    2021 · extract-table.com · its alternatives →

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    OCR Text Detection Tool▲92

    Fast and efficient text recognition from any image and PDF

    2019 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

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    Base64.ai▲157

    Extract text, data, photos and more from all types of docs

    2021 · base64.ai · its alternatives →

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    ocrX Image to Text▲125

    Scan and extract text from images on iPhone, iPad & Mac

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Webpage Text API▲93

    Get the HTML content of a webpage without the junk.

    2021 · goldenhillsoftware.com · its alternatives →

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    Text Extractor▲9

    Extracts text from image, ppt's and pdf's

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    TextCapture▲74

    Capture text from images in seconds

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Extract text from images using Tesseract▲14

    Simple app to extract text from pictures using Tesseract - victorqribeiro/ocr

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    OCR Scanner▲91

    Extract and translate text from image

    2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple web app to extract text found in the image▲9

    2018 · image-to-text.edgardev.com · its alternatives →

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    Image Reader Google Chrome Extension▲69

    Extract text from images in a browser in a two mouse clicks

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Screenshot Text Recognition▲84

    Quickly extract text from screenshots without Internet

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    We have built an API to extract data from unstructured documents▲11

    Extract data from documents with AI using our tool, Extracta LABS. Automate document data extraction using an AI image data extractor.

    2024 · extracta.ai · its alternatives →

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    Image to Text AI Bot▲5

    Extract text from any image — fast & perfectly formatted

    Dec 2025 · t.me · its alternatives →

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    Extract.pics – A tool to view and download images from websites▲64

    extract.pics is a free tool to extract, view and download images from any public website by using a virtual browser. Now with an easy-to-use API.

    2020 · extract.pics · its alternatives →

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