Spanish OCR
Use this free Spanish OCR to pull editable text out of an image or scanned PDF — recognition runs entirely in your browser, so your file is never uploaded.
The OCR engine downloads on first use (a few MB) and is then cached.
More presets
Jump to another preset — each opens its own page ready to go:
How to use the Spanish OCR
- Drop in an image or scanned PDF — the language is preselected for you.
- Wait while the text is recognised (the language model downloads once, then is cached).
- Copy or download the recognised text.
About Spanish OCR
Optical character recognition (OCR) turns the letters in a photo or scan into real, editable text. This Spanish OCR uses a language model trained for that script, so language- and script-specific characters are recognised far more accurately than with an English-only model.
Everything happens in your browser — the image or PDF is decoded and recognised locally and never uploaded. The language model is fetched from a CDN on first use and cached, so later runs start instantly. For the best results, use a sharp, well-lit, straight image.
Spanish OCR loads the Spanish-trained model, so it reliably picks up ñ, the accented vowels á é í ó ú, the dieresis on ü (as in "pingüino"), and the opening punctuation marks ¿ and ¡ that an English-only engine usually mangles or drops. That accuracy matters when you digitize Spanish-language books, exam papers, government forms, restaurant menus or correspondence, where a missing accent or a swapped ñ/n changes the word's meaning. Choose this variant whenever the source text is predominantly Spanish rather than relying on the default English recognition.
Frequently asked questions
Which language does this recognise?
This page preselects one language’s model, but you can switch to any supported language — including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and many European languages — with the picker above the drop zone.
Is the image uploaded?
No. The image or PDF is recognised entirely in your browser, so it never leaves your device — safe for private documents.
Can it read scanned PDFs?
Yes. Scanned PDFs are rasterised page by page and each page is recognised, then the text is joined together.
Why is the first run slower?
The recognition engine and the language model download from a CDN the first time you use them (a few MB), then they’re cached, so later runs start right away.
Will it correctly capture the inverted ¿ and ¡ and accented letters like ñ and ü?
Yes — the Spanish model is trained on the full Latin character set used in Spanish, so the inverted ¿ ¡ marks, ñ, the accented vowels á é í ó ú and the dieresis ü are recognized rather than stripped or guessed at. For best results feed it a sharp, straight scan, since faint accent marks are the first thing to blur on a low-resolution image.