Persian Handwriting OCR — Scan & Recognise Perso-Arabic Script Free
Optical character recognition for handwritten **Persian**. Persian adds letters like پ, چ, ژ and گ to the Arabic script, flows in Nastaliq style and reads right-to-left. Because the script runs right-to-left, our engine keeps the correct reading order in the output. Our OCR engine handles it and gives you clean, editable text from any image or PDF.
Drag and drop or
PNG, JPEG, JPG, WEBP, HEIC, HEIF, PDF up to 20 MB
or drag and drop, or paste with Ctrl + V
Extracted text
Your extracted persian text will appear here. Upload an image on the left to get started.
What our Persian handwriting OCR does
Optical character recognition made for the way Persian is actually written across Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
Free with no limits
No sign-up, no watermark and no daily cap — run OCR on as much handwritten Persian as you need.
Keeps layout and line breaks
The recognition output mirrors your page: paragraphs and line breaks in the Persian original are preserved.
Handles Iran writing styles
Handwriting varies a lot across Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The OCR model is built to cope with that range in Persian.
Accurate Perso-Arabic script recognition
Persian adds letters like پ, چ, ژ and گ to the Arabic script, flows in Nastaliq style and reads right-to-left. Our OCR is tuned for Perso-Arabic specifically, so persian Nastaliq recognition is handled properly instead of being guessed.
Reads real Persian handwriting
This engine is trained on everyday Persian penmanship from Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, not just neat print — so casual and rushed writing is still recognised.
Scan photos, images and PDFs
Upload a phone photo, a scanner image or a multi-page PDF. The OCR pulls Persian text out of letters, poetry, notes and official documents.
From a Persian scan to editable text
From a photo of Persian writing to recognised, editable text in under a minute.
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Upload the image or PDF to scan
Drag in a photo, scan or PDF of the handwritten Persian. JPG, PNG, HEIC and PDF all work.
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Run the OCR recognition
The engine reads every Perso-Arabic character, following the right-to-left order, and recognises it as digital Persian text.
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Review, edit and export
Check the recognised text, fix anything if needed, then copy it or export to Word, PDF, TXT or Markdown.
Persian OCR: common questions
Persian adds letters like پ, چ, ژ and گ to the Arabic script, flows in Nastaliq style and reads right-to-left. Our engine is built specifically to deal with that.
Both. You can scan images (JPG, PNG, HEIC) and multi-page PDF documents.
Yes — export to Word (.docx), PDF, plain text or Markdown, or simply copy it to your clipboard.
Yes. Images are processed for recognition and then deleted immediately — nothing is retained.
Yes. The Persian OCR runs in any modern mobile or desktop browser, so you can photograph a page and recognise it on the spot.
Anything handwritten — letters, poetry, notes and official documents, and more.