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Table from scan

A picture of a table becomes a CSV you can open in a spreadsheet.

More free conversions, where you upload. The Fylane extension does the same work inside any upload form, on its own free share every day.About the extension

How to table from scan

  1. Drop the picture of the table.
  2. Pick the language.
  3. Press Read and download the CSV.

What happens to your file

The words are read with OCR together with where they sit on the page; rows and columns are reconstructed from those positions, so a ruled table, a table with thin lines and an unruled list all come out as cells.

A picture that reads as nothing is read again with its rules erased, then as one uniform block, before the page gives up — and the result says which pass worked.

Numbers come out as text exactly as printed; a spreadsheet converts them on open.

Questions

Can I get an Excel file instead of CSV?

CSV opens in Excel, Numbers and Google Sheets directly. A native .xlsx is coming.

How well does it read handwriting?

Printed tables read well; handwriting is hit and miss and is best checked cell by cell.

Do this in code

curl -X POST https://api.fylane.dev/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FYLANE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "file_id": "<file id>",
    "operation": "ocr.table",
    "options": {
      "language": "eng"
    }
  }'

The same operation, ocr.table — A photographed or scanned table back as data: the grid as JSON and CSV, per-cell confidence. Upload first with the quickstart; every option is on the operations page. 500 free credits a month, then $5 per thousand.