abc OCR
You need the text from a photo or a document, but you have no signal, no mobile data abroad, or you do not want to upload the document. abc OCR recognizes text on your phone with Google ML Kit. It works in airplane mode.
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The Latin alphabet is built in and works right after you install the app. Before a trip, open Settings › Offline languages and download Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Devanagari if you need them, and the document scanner. Each one downloads once.
Tap the yellow camera button to scan a document, or pick a photo or screenshot from your gallery. No connection needed.
Copy the text, share it, or save it as TXT, CSV, Markdown, DOCX, PDF or XLSX to your phone.
OCR turns a picture of a table into rows and columns. You have a table on paper or in a picture, and you do not want to type it into a spreadsheet cell by cell. abc OCR reads the table on your phone, keeps each cell in its row and column, and saves it as a file you can open in Excel, Google Sheets or LibreOffice.
The text you need is in a screenshot, and you cannot select it. abc OCR reads the text in a screenshot on your phone, so you can copy it, edit it or share it. The whole screenshot is kept, from the top edge to the bottom edge.
You need the items and prices from a paper receipt, for an expense report or to split a bill, and typing them takes time. abc OCR reads the receipt on your phone and keeps each item on the same line as its price.
The text is in a photo, a picture someone sent you, or an image of a document, and you cannot select it. abc OCR finds the text in the image on your phone. Then you copy it in one tap.
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Write to usLanguages in the Latin alphabet: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Polish and many more.
They download once from Google Play services. After that, they also work offline. Devanagari covers Hindi, Marathi and Nepali.
Yes, after one download from Google Play services. The app asks for it in the background. If it is not downloaded yet, you can still take a photo or pick one from your gallery.
The downloads above, buying Premium, and the subscription check with Google Play. A subscription keeps working offline for up to 7 days after the last check. Lifetime Premium has no time limit.
Your images and text are not uploaded. Google ML Kit sends Google basic diagnostics, such as the device model and error codes, but never your images or text. See the [privacy summary](privacy.md).
Yes. Rows and columns are found on your phone. See [photo of a table to Excel](table-to-excel.md).
Free to download. No account. Android 8.0 or newer.