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Advanced OCR technology supporting 220+ languages. Accurately recognize text in multiple languages, scripts, and handle code-switching documents with unparalleled precision.
From ancient scripts to modern dialects
Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, Devanagari & more
Even with code-switching documents
Per page with language detection
Multi-language OCR goes beyond simple character recognition to understand context, grammar, and meaning across 220+ languages and 50+ writing systems.
Our AI-powered system automatically detects language changes within documents, handles mixed-language sentences, and applies language-specific rules for maximum accuracy.
Whether you're working with multilingual archives, international documents, or comparative studies, our technology ensures precise recognition across all languages.
Multilingual Document to Digital Text
Comprehensive support for major language families and writing systems
Scripts: Latin, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek
Scripts: Arabic, Hebrew, Ge'ez
Scripts: Chinese characters, Tibetan
Scripts: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada scripts
Our system supports 220+ languages including Turkic, Uralic, Austronesian, Niger-Congo languages, and numerous minority languages with specialized character sets.
A six-step process that handles multilingual documents with intelligence
Upload any document containing multiple languages or scripts
AI automatically identifies all languages present in the document
Identifies different writing systems and character sets
Applies language-specific rules and dictionaries for accurate recognition
Intelligently handles mixed-language text within sentences
Download with language annotations and confidence scores
Specialized features designed for multilingual document challenges
Identifies 220+ languages instantly, including minority and historical languages
Handles Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew, Devanagari, Chinese, Japanese, and more
Seamlessly handles documents with multiple languages mixed within sentences
Recognizes Middle English, Old French, Medieval Latin, and other historical forms
Handles right-to-left scripts (Arabic, Hebrew) mixed with left-to-right text
Uses specialized dictionaries for technical, legal, and historical terminology
How organizations are using Multi-language OCR
A major UN agency used our Multi-language OCR to digitize 50,000+ pages of multilingual documents spanning 15 languages, achieving 94.3% accuracy while reducing processing time by 78%.
Everything you need to know about our technology
Simple API with language detection endpoints
Language detection and OCR in one call
Common questions about Multi-language OCR
Our system can automatically detect and process up to 5 different languages within a single document page. For documents with more languages, we recommend processing in sections.
Yes, our system fully supports bidirectional text. It correctly handles Arabic and Hebrew (right-to-left) mixed with English or other left-to-right languages, maintaining proper text direction and alignment.
Language detection accuracy is 99.2% for documents with at least 50 characters. For very short texts, accuracy depends on language similarity, but our contextual analysis improves results significantly.
Yes, we support historical variants including Middle English, Old French, Medieval Latin, Classical Arabic, and Historical German. Specialized dictionaries improve accuracy for these variants.
For handwritten documents, accuracy varies by script and handwriting quality. Printed multilingual documents achieve 96.7% accuracy, while handwritten multilingual documents typically achieve 85-92% accuracy depending on legibility.
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Special pricing for institutions
Specialized OCR for historical documents with faded ink and unusual fonts
AI-powered transcription of handwritten manuscripts with contextual understanding
Recognize text in dozens of languages including extinct and historical variants