Free Sinhala Handwriting OCR: Turn Scanned Sinhala Writing into Text
Point our **Sinhala OCR** at a photo of handwritten Sinhala and it does the reading for you. Sinhala's rounded letters and looping vowel signs sit close together and must be separated cleanly. You get accurate, editable text back in seconds — free and private.
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 sinhala text will appear here. Upload an image on the left to get started.
Why this Sinhala OCR gets recognition right
Everything you need to scan Sinhala handwriting and walk away with editable text.
Reads real Sinhala handwriting
This engine is trained on everyday Sinhala penmanship from Sri Lanka, 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 Sinhala text out of school work, letters and official documents.
Editable OCR output
Recognised text lands in an editable panel, so you can correct anything the engine misread before you copy or download it.
Export in multiple formats
Save recognised text as TXT, Markdown, Word (.docx) or PDF, or copy it straight to your clipboard.
Private, secure recognition
Each Sinhala image is processed securely and deleted right after OCR runs. Nothing is stored on our servers.
Free with no limits
No sign-up, no watermark and no daily cap — run OCR on as much handwritten Sinhala as you need.
How Sinhala handwriting OCR works
Three quick steps and your scanned Sinhala handwriting is text you can edit.
- 1
Upload the image or PDF to scan
Drag in a photo, scan or PDF of the handwritten Sinhala. JPG, PNG, HEIC and PDF all work.
- 2
Run the OCR recognition
The engine reads every Sinhala character and recognises it as digital Sinhala text.
- 3
Review, edit and export
Check the recognised text, fix anything if needed, then copy it or export to Word, PDF, TXT or Markdown.
Frequently asked Sinhala recognition questions
Yes. The Sinhala OCR runs in any modern mobile or desktop browser, so you can photograph a page and recognise it on the spot.
Anything handwritten — school work, letters and official documents, and more.
Yes. The engine handles mixed-language pages and recognises both scripts, or you can restrict it to only one language.
Yes — it is completely free, with no sign-up and no limit on how many images you can scan.
It is highly accurate on clear handwriting. A sharp, well-lit photo gives the best recognition; very faded or hurried Sinhala writing may need a quick edit afterwards.
Sinhala's rounded letters and looping vowel signs sit close together and must be separated cleanly. Our engine is built specifically to deal with that.