scanread.ai

    Receipt OCR

    Receipt OCR online — free. Extract text from photos of receipts and bills in seconds. Supports thermal paper, faded ink, and 100+ languages.

    Powered by ScanRead.ai

    Drop image or PDF here

    or click to browse · paste from clipboard ( ⌘V)

    JPGPNGPDFWebP
    Quick Answer

    Receipt OCR extracts text from photos of receipts using AI. Snap a picture of any paper receipt, upload it, and get the store name, items, prices, and totals in about 2 seconds. Free for 20 pages per day. Ideal for expense tracking, bookkeeping, and tax records. Handles thermal paper, crinkled slips, and faded ink in 100+ languages. Note: this tool returns raw extracted text — for automated field parsing (vendor, total, tax as structured fields), use a dedicated accounting app.

    ~2 seconds per receipt
    Processing time
    20 (with account)
    Free daily receipts
    100+
    Languages supported
    Yes
    Thermal paper support

    How to use receipt ocr

    1

    Photograph the receipt

    Place it flat, with uniform lighting, and your phone camera directly above. Thermal paper, crinkled slips, and faded ink generally work fine.

    2

    Upload to ScanRead

    Drop the photo onto the upload area, or take the picture directly from your mobile browser using the camera option.

    3

    Copy or export

    All readable text appears in about 2 seconds. Copy to your expense tracker, download as .txt, or paste into a spreadsheet manually.

    Common use cases

    Scenarios where this tool saves time and delivers accurate, copyable text.

    Expense reports

    Freelancers and business travelers digitize paper slips for monthly reports — no more shoeboxes of fading receipts.

    Tax season prep

    Run receipt OCR throughout the year so tax filing has a searchable digital record, not a stack of paper to sort through in April.

    Splitting bills

    Snap a restaurant bill, copy the itemized list, and split expenses in Splitwise or any similar app without retyping.

    Warranty and returns

    Digitize receipts immediately after purchase so thermal paper fading doesn't erase your proof of purchase months later.

    Why ScanRead

    AI-powered accuracy

    We use PP-OCRv5, a state-of-the-art open-source model that matches Google Vision and Adobe Acrobat on printed text (95-99% accuracy) and outperforms both on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean documents.

    No signup needed

    Try up to 10 pages per day without creating an account. Create a free account for 20 pages per day. No credit card required.

    100+ languages

    Works with 100+ languages including English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and Russian. Automatic language detection.

    Frequently asked questions

    Related tools

    Photo to Text

    Photo to text online — free. Snap a picture with your phone, upload it, and extract editable text in seconds. Works with 100+ languages.

    Open tool

    Image to Text

    Image to text online — free. Upload any photo, screenshot, or scan and extract editable text in seconds with ScanRead's AI-powered OCR.

    Open tool

    Invoice OCR

    Invoice OCR online — free. Extract text from invoices — vendor, totals, line items — in seconds. Ideal for bookkeeping and AP workflows.

    Open tool

    PDF to Word

    PDF to Word with OCR — free online. Turn scanned or image-based PDFs into editable .docx files. Supports 100+ languages.

    Open tool

    Try the receipt ocr tool now — free

    No signup required for the first 10 pages per day. Create a free account for 20 pages per day.

    Get started — it's free