Urdu OCR
Extract Urdu text from images with browser-based AI OCR. Turn screenshots, scanned documents, newspaper clippings, and photos into editable Urdu copy without uploading your files.
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Need Urdu OCR for a PDF?
This page is optimized for Urdu text in images. For scanned Urdu PDFs, use the PDF tools with Urdu already selected.
What is Urdu OCR?
Urdu OCR reads Urdu text inside images and converts it into editable text you can copy, search, and reuse. It is useful for screenshots, scanned newspapers, printed books, receipts, and documents where the text is not selectable. OLOCR runs recognition in your browser, so your image stays on your device.
Why Use OLOCR for Urdu OCR
Fixed to Urdu
The OCR language is set to Urdu, so you can start recognition without selecting it from the full language list.
Right-to-Left Nastaliq Support
Urdu is written right to left in Nastaliq script, a cursive form of the Arabic alphabet. OLOCR uses a model suited to Arabic-script text, including Urdu content.
Images Stay Private
Recognition runs locally in your browser. Your screenshots, scans, and photos are not uploaded to a server.
Works with Common Image Files
Upload JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, or TIFF images. Use the linked PDF tools when your Urdu text is inside a scanned PDF.
How to Extract Urdu Text from an Image
Use the Urdu image OCR tool in three quick steps.
Upload your image
Choose a JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, or TIFF file that contains Urdu text.
Start OCR
Load the OCR model when prompted, then run recognition with Urdu selected.
Copy or export text
Review the extracted Urdu text, copy it, or export the result for later use.
Urdu OCR FAQ
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