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    Arabic OCR

    Arabic OCR online — free. Extract Arabic text from images and PDFs with high accuracy. Handles printed and handwritten Arabic script.

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    Quick Answer

    ScanRead's Arabic OCR is a free online tool that extracts Arabic text from images, PDFs, and scanned documents. Upload any file containing Arabic script, and the engine returns editable text in about 2 seconds. Free for 20 pages per day. Handles both Modern Standard Arabic and classical variants, with support for printed and handwritten script. Character accuracy exceeds 92% on clear printed documents.

    92%+
    Printed Arabic accuracy
    75-82%
    Handwritten Arabic accuracy
    Full
    RTL text support
    20 (with account)
    Free daily pages

    How to use arabic ocr

    1

    Upload the document

    Drop an image or PDF containing Arabic script. Supported formats: JPG, PNG, PDF, WebP, TIFF.

    2

    Let the engine process

    Arabic script is auto-detected and specialized right-to-left processing runs automatically. Expect about 2 seconds per page.

    3

    Copy or download the text

    Extracted output preserves right-to-left direction and character contextual forms (initial, medial, final, isolated). Copy or download as .txt.

    Common use cases

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

    Document translation

    Researchers, journalists, and students extract text before pasting into a translator like Google Translate or DeepL.

    Academic papers

    Convert scanned research papers and historical documents from Arabic sources into searchable digital text.

    Legal documents

    Lawyers digitize contracts and legal texts for faster review, redlining, and keyword search.

    Handwriting

    Handwritten Arabic notes and letters are supported — important for personal archives and historical research.

    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.

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