Markdown or structured JSON
OpenAI-compatible • Drop-in replacement

Give Your AI Agents Super-Fast Vision

Zero-friction OpenAI REST API. Skilled OCR model running on Nvidia hardware. Get clean markdown in milliseconds, or ask for the exact fields you need and get structured JSON back.

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OCR skill Latency
99.1%
OCR Accuracy
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Tokens YTD

Why OCRskill?

Built for the agentic AI era. Every design decision optimizes for speed, accuracy, and developer experience.

Milliseconds Matter

Your agents can't wait. Our OCR responds in under 500ms average, keeping your agentic pipelines snappy and your users happy.

Nvidia GPU-Backed

Running on cutting-edge Nvidia hardware, with a state of the art model that handles documents, thumbnails, carousels, infographics and more with unmatched accuracy.

Drop-In Replacement

OpenAI-compatible REST API. Switch your base URL and you're done. Works with LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI SDK-zero migration cost.

New • Structured JSON output

Ask for Fields. Get Typed JSON Back.

Skip the parsing step. Name the fields you need and OCRskill returns clean, ready-to-store JSON in a single request, no prompt engineering required.

Image Input
YouTube thumbnail with the hook text AI BUBBLE 2.0
Requested fields
thumbnail_hook_textvideo_titledate_posted_strvideo_channelvideo_length_str

Need more / different fields? Check out all the supported fields.

Image OCR to structured data/json
200 OK
{

  "thumbnail_hook_text": "AI BUBBLE 2.0",
  "video_title": "The Real Reason Tech Giants Stopped Firing Humans",
  "date_posted_str": "14 hours ago",
  "video_channel": "Manolo Remiddi",
  "video_length_str": "14:14"

}

Need readable text instead? OCRskill also returns clean Markdown.

See It In Action

Swipe through real thumbnails and watch OCRskill turn dense visual text into structured Markdown.

Try your own file

Upload an image, PDF, Office document, or text file and run OCR instantly.

Input Image
meme doctor-patient chat on WhatsApp: patient can't read the doctor's handwriting
No OCR system can understand doctors handwriting. I'm sorry.
420ms

Today

Hi Doctor 4:25 AM ✓

Hi 4:25 AM

how to read this? 4:26 AM ✓

It's paracetamol 4:26 AM

how about this? 4:26 AM ✓

amoxicillin... 3x a day 4:27 AM
Input Image
Anton Petrov YouTube thumbnail about a mysterious galactic signal
YouTube science thumbnail with layered headline and channel metadata.
541ms

# WHAT'S PRODUCING THIS POWERFUL SIGNAL?

## NOTHING IS THERE?

11:57

---

**Something in Our Galaxy Is Emitting Pure Energy With No Source**

Anton Petrov ✅ ▷ 58k 19 hr ago
Input Image
International Women's Day Lovable SheBuilds visual
Social visual with various text formatting and fonts.
638ms


INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

# SheBuilds

💙 Lovable | ANTHROP\C

The age of the builder is here. And it's for everyone.
Join our celebration on March 8th in partnership with:

**stripe**
Input Image
Caspian Report YouTube thumbnail with the word compromised over a chess king
Commentary thumbnail with distressed typography and strong contrast.
733ms

# COMPROMISED

12:48

---

**The Epstein files hurt America more than missiles ever could**

CaspianReport ▷ 153k 1 day ago
Input Image
Science News YouTube thumbnail asking about the origin of reality
Editorial science thumbnail with oversized title text, host cutout and logo.
695ms

# Is This The Origin Of Reality?

## SCIENCE NEWS 6:47

These Physicists Say They Found The Origin Of Reality
Input Image
Kurzgesagt time travel thumbnail with a portal and illustrated character
Illustrated explainer thumbnail with large title text and branded metadata.
599ms

# TIME TRAVEL

STOP!

11:20

We Traveled Back in Time. Now Physicists ... Are Angry.

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell ✅ ▶ 8.6m 1 yr ago

Swipe left or right to compare OCR output across multiple sample thumbnails.

3 Lines to Integrate

Start with one curl command for raw markdown, add ?fields= for structured JSON, or swap your base URL to use any OpenAI-compatible SDK.

curl https://api.ocrskill.com/ocr \ -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-your-key-here" \ -F "file=@example.png" *Markdown output* is included in the returned response

Looking to extract specific data in structured form? Use the structured data JSON API.

Built for Agentic AI

OCRskill is designed as a tool-a skill-for your AI agents. Read images as markdown or extract structured fields as JSON. Here's how teams use it.

Agents hunting for top deals

Power your deal-hunting AI agents to automatically scan and verify the best discounts. Extract exact fields like promo codes, expiration dates, and product details directly from coupon images, turning visual promotions into structured data for shopping assistants and deal aggregators.

CouponsPromo CodesDiscountsDealsShopping Assistants

Agents for Data Entry

Pull structured data from images: name the exact fields you need-totals, dates, IDs, line items-and get structured JSON back. Automate KYC, receipts, invoices, and forms without parsers.

IDsInvoicesReceiptsFormsJSON fields

Agents for Real Estate & PropTech

Turn property marketing into structured databases. Enable agents to extract square footage, amenities, and contact details directly from property flyers, floor plans, and listing images.

Floor PlansProperty ListingsReal EstateFlyersPropTech

Agents for Social Media

Extract trends, text overlays, and engagement data from reels, carousels, thumbnails, and stories. Power your content analysis agents with real-time visual intelligence.

ReelsCarouselsThumbnailsStories

Agents for Marketing Analytics

Parse competitor infographics, event announcements, and promotional materials. Turn visual competitive intelligence into structured, actionable data your agents can reason over.

InfographicsEvent FlyersAd Creatives

Agents for Document RAG

Transform messy visual documents-scanned PDFs, handwritten notes, complex layouts-into clean text for embedding and retrieval. Supercharge your RAG pipelines.

JPEGsScansPNGsInvoicesReceipts

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Simple, Usage-Based Pricing

Generous free tier. Pay only for what you use. No surprises.

Free

$0forever

Perfect for prototyping and testing integrations.

  • 40,000 free tokens per month
  • 1 MB file size limit
  • Markdown formatted output
  • Community support
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Pro

$29/month

For production agents and growing projects.

  • 40,000,000 tokens per month
  • 10 MB file size limit
  • Priority GPU queue
  • Email support
  • $1.00 per 1M extra tokens

Pay as you go

$1.35/1M tokens

Similar with Pro, billed by actual token usage.

  • No monthly commitment
  • 10 MB file size limit
  • Priority GPU queue
  • Email support
  • $1.35 per 1M tokens
  • Scales with your workload

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