OCR · Translation · Document AI

Read any document,
in any language.

An OCR and translation API built Arabic-first, where most OCR falls short — plus manga-aware Japanese and 13+ languages with automatic detection. Send an image, get structured text back in under a second.

واجهة برمجية للتعرّف الضوئي على النصوص — العربية أولاً

⌁ Try it now — no signup Free API keyNo email needed

Arabic-first accuracy GPU OCR, ~300ms 500 free requests/day PDPL compliant — images never stored

0.99فاتورة ضريبية مبسطة
0.97التاريخ: ٠٦ يوليو ٢٠٢٦
0.98الإجمالي: ٥٧٫٥٠ ريال سعودي

Small surface, deep capability

Four endpoints, one key

Every endpoint speaks JSON, returns in one round trip, and is documented in an OpenAPI spec your tools can read.

POST /v1/ocr

Extract text

Image in, text blocks out — boxes, confidence, reading order. lang=auto detects the script; modes for documents, receipts, manga and photos.

POST /v1/ocr-translate

OCR + translate in one call

Every text block translated with shared context in a single round trip — built for agents and reader apps. 2 credits.

POST /v1/translate

Translate

Any of 100+ languages, powered by an open model we host ourselves. Preserves line breaks and formatting.

POST /v1/ask

Process with an LLM

Summarize a scanned contract, extract fields from a receipt, classify a document — one call after OCR.

Live demo

Drop an image, get JSON

Real API, real GPU, no key needed — 10 demo calls a day. Language is detected automatically.

Drop an image here or · up to 2MB

Quickstart

First request in 30 seconds

Copy, paste, run. The same key works for every endpoint.

curl -X POST https://api.auto-reader.com/v1/ocr \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -F "file=@receipt.png" -F "lang=auto"

# → { "lang_detected": "ar", "engine": "paddle", "latency_ms": 287,
#     "text": "فاتورة ضريبية...", "blocks": [...], "request_id": "..." }

Pricing

Free to try. Prepaid to scale.

No subscriptions, no metered surprises. Buy credits when you need them — your spend limit is your balance.

Free

$0 forever

500 requests/day — 15× Google Vision's monthly free tier, per day
All endpoints, all languages
Instant trial key — no email needed (25/day)
Community support

Get a free key

Credits

$5 = 5,000 pages

$5 = 5,000 · $20 = 22,000 (+10%) · $100 = 120,000 (+20%)
OCR or translate = 1 credit · OCR+translate = 2
Credits never expire · hard cap, spend only what you loaded
$1 per 1,000 pages — vs $1.50 (Google Vision, Textract), $4 (Mistral OCR)

Start free, top up later

Machine-readable by design

Built to be found — and used — by AI agents

An agent can go from discovering this API to its first OCR call in one step — no email, no human in the loop.

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Self-provisioning keys

One POST /signup — no email, no captcha — returns a working trial key. Agents onboard themselves.

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/llms.txt

A plain-text manifest tells any LLM exactly what we do, how to authenticate, and where the spec lives.

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OpenAPI spec

Full machine-readable spec at /openapi.json — code generators and agents build clients without reading docs.

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MCP server (coming soon)

Plug mcp.auto-reader.com into Claude, Cursor or any MCP client for instant OCR + translation tools.

Read any document,in any language.