Yoruba OCR: Turn Handwritten Latin Script into Editable Text
Yoruba marks tone with accents and puts dots under letters like ẹ, ọ and ṣ, all of which change meaning. That is exactly what our **Yoruba OCR** is built for — it turns photos and scans of Latin script into editable Yoruba text you can copy, correct and download.
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 yoruba text
Your extracted yoruba text will appear here. Upload an image on the left to get started.
Why people reach for our Yoruba handwriting converter
Made for the way Yoruba is actually written across Nigeria, Benin and Togo.
Export however you need
Save your text as TXT, Markdown, Word (.docx) or PDF, or copy it straight to the clipboard.
Your files stay private
Every Yoruba image is processed securely and deleted right after the text is pulled. Nothing is kept on our servers.
Free, and no account
No sign-up, no watermark, no daily cap — convert as much handwritten Yoruba as you need.
Copes with Nigeria styles
Handwriting shifts from person to person across Nigeria, Benin and Togo. Our model is tuned to handle that range in Yoruba.
Keeps your layout
Line breaks and paragraphs in your Yoruba page are preserved, so the text you get back mirrors what you uploaded.
Reads real Yoruba handwriting
Yoruba marks tone with accents and puts dots under letters like ẹ, ọ and ṣ, all of which change meaning. We tuned it on everyday Yoruba penmanship — not just tidy print — so casual and rushed writing still comes through.
How the Yoruba converter works
From a photo of Yoruba writing to editable text in under a minute.
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Upload your image or PDF
Drag in a photo, scan or PDF of the Yoruba handwriting. JPG, PNG, HEIC and PDF all work.
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Let the AI read it
Our OCR studies the Latin characters and turns them into digital text.
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Edit, copy or download
Check the text, make any small fixes, then copy it or export to Word, PDF, TXT or Markdown.
Frequently asked Yoruba handwriting questions
Anything handwritten — school notes, letters and official documents, and more.
It is used across Nigeria, Benin and Togo, and the model is tuned for the handwriting styles found there.
Yes — it's free to use, with no sign-up and no daily limit.
It handles most everyday Yoruba handwriting well. A clearer photo gives a cleaner result; very faded or hurried writing might need a quick edit afterwards.
Yoruba marks tone with accents and puts dots under letters like ẹ, ọ and ṣ, all of which change meaning. Our model is built specifically to deal with that.
Both. Photos (JPG, PNG, HEIC) and PDF documents are all supported.