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Image to Text (OCR) bot

Image to Text (OCR) bot

Extract text from photos, screenshots and PDFs with the layout kept, and export it to Word, Excel or a searchable PDF.

Image to Text (OCR)

Send a photo, screenshot or PDF and get the text back with its layout kept: tables, columns and lists stay where they were. The free plan includes 20 scans a day.

Features

  • 📸 Images and PDFs — works with photos, image files and PDFs, including albums of up to 10 images.
  • 📄 Result formats — switch between Rich, Formatted, Plain text and Markdown.
  • 📤 Export — save results as TXT, Word, Excel or a searchable PDF.
  • ✨ AI actions — summarize a result, ask questions about it, translate it, turn tables into Excel or math into LaTeX, and read difficult handwriting.
  • 🌐 OCR languages — auto-detection, or choose from over 20 languages with /language.
  • 👥 Groups — reply /ocr to any image in a group chat.
  • 🔒 Privacy — images are deleted after processing, and /deletedata removes your stored results.

How to use

  1. Start the bot and send an image or a PDF.
  2. On first use, join the @botsbyamit channel when asked.
  3. Use the buttons under the result to change the format, export it or run an AI action.
  4. Check your daily scans with /plan and the default format with /settings.

Added on October 12, 2026