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PaddleOCR — CJK Image to Text

Extract text from images with PaddleOCR — best-in-class accuracy for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and mixed CJK + Latin text. Runs 100% in your browser with WebGL acceleration

Best-in-class OCR for Chinese · Japanese · Korean

Powered by Baidu’s PaddleOCR (PP-OCRv2) running entirely in your browser via WebGL — no upload, nothing sent to a server. Excellent for mixed CJK + Latin text. First run downloads ~10 MB of model weights, then everything is cached for instant reuse.

Drop an image here

or click to browse · JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, TIFF · paste with Ctrl-V

How it works · Privacy · Tips

Models: ch_PP-OCRv2 detection + recognition models from PaddlePaddle. Trained on ~9 million Chinese + English samples.

Privacy: Your image never leaves your device. The OCR engine and models run as JavaScript + WASM + WebGL inside your browser tab.

For best results:

  • Use sharp, well-lit images. Higher resolution (≥ 600 px on the long side) helps detection.
  • If text is sideways, use the rotation buttons.
  • Photos of paper documents work best when shot straight-on, not at an angle.
  • For pure English/Latin text, our Tesseract OCR tool is also a good alternative.

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