Roboflow maintains a free OCR endpoint you can use to recognize characters in an image or video. The API is powered by DocTR, a machine learning-powered OCR model. The API allows you to retrieve the location of text in visual data. You can then retrieve the text in each location where text was found. You do not need any experience with computer vision to use this API.
The OCR endpoint is available for use in a hosted offering as well as on your device. The latter – running the model on your device – is useful if you need to run OCR in real time, or if you do not have access to a stable internet connection where you need to use OCR.
First, create a free Roboflow account. You can use your account to make 15,000 OCR API calls. Then follow this tutorial.