German OCR – image and PDF to text
Upload a photo, scan or PDF of German text and get editable German text in seconds.
Free German OCR online
CorrectNow reads German text from images and PDFs and gives it back as editable German text, in the original script.
Works with
- Phone photos of printed pages and notices
- Scanned PDFs and book pages
- Screenshots from apps and websites
- Neat handwriting (results vary, always check)
Check the German text after OCR
Click "Proofread this" to check the text for spelling, grammar and punctuation with the German grammar checker.
FAQ
Is German OCR free?
You can try 3 files a day without an account. With an account, OCR uses 1 credit per word read (minimum 200 per file), or pages from an OCR Page Pack.
Can it read handwritten German?
Neat handwriting often works, but printed text gives the most reliable result. Compare names and numbers with the original.
Which files can I upload?
JPG, PNG, WEBP and HEIC images, PDFs and Word files, up to 8 MB each.
Does it translate the German text?
No. OCR keeps the text in German. To translate it, copy the text into the translator.