Latin OCR API
Read Latin texts from early printed books, manuscripts and inscriptions.
Result
Your Markdown or JSON shows up here.
What makes Latin hard for OCR
- Abbreviations and scribal marks
- Long s and ligatures in early print
- Medieval handwriting
Script: Latin alphabet, often in historical typefaces.
Call it from your code
curl https://api.ocrrouter.ai/v1/ocr \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OCRROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "google/gemini-flash",
"file_url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf",
"format": "markdown"
}'Best models for Latin text
1Gemini FlashGeneral vision model with strong handwriting and layout understanding at a low price.
google/gemini-flash3 credits / page2Mistral OCRFast document OCR that returns clean Markdown with tables and embedded images.mistral/mistral-ocr6 credits / page3ClaudeGeneral vision model with careful reading of long, dense documents.anthropic/claude14 credits / page