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French OCR: image to text

OCR tuned for French: accents, ligatures and French punctuation are recognized with the French language model.

🔒 Private by design: the conversion runs in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded.

French OCR: image to text is a free online tool by Hack the Hydra. Free French OCR in your browser: extract French text with accents (é, è, à, ç) from images and scans. No upload.

100% freeNo upload: runs in your browserNo sign-up

Why the language matters

With the English model, "é" often comes out as "e" or garbage. The French model knows French words and characters, which noticeably reduces errors. The language selector below is preset to French.

Mixed French and English

For documents mixing both, the API supports eng+fra in one pass.

How to use

  1. Drop your file in the box above, or click to pick it.
  2. Wait a few seconds while it converts locally.
  3. Copy the result or download it.

FAQ

Does it handle accents?

Yes, with the French model selected, accented characters and « guillemets » are recognized.

Is it free?

Yes, and private: the OCR runs in your browser.

Bulk conversion API

OCR thousands of images by URL with confidence scores and word positions: $1.50 per 1,000 images. Open the API →

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/extas_corp~image-ocr/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"imageUrls":[{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdoc/main/images/eurotext.png"}]}'

Use it via API, with a free plan: Document to Markdown API (RapidAPI) · Apify

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