How Images conversion works
Our engine parses the internal structure of your Images files to produce clean, semantic Markdown — not a naive text dump.
AI-powered OCR extracts text from photos, scans, and screenshots
Layout detection preserves the spatial structure of the original document
Table detection in scanned documents maps to Markdown table format
Handwriting recognition supports printed and cursive text styles
Multi-language support for documents in various character sets
Enhanced AI mode provides higher accuracy for complex layouts and low-quality images
Enhanced AI Available
Enable Enhanced AI mode for higher accuracy on complex layouts, low-quality scans, and documents with mixed content. Uses 2 credits per conversion instead of 1.
Integrate in minutes
A single API call converts your Images files to Markdown. Drop it into any pipeline.
curl -X POST \
https://markdownanything.com/api/v1/convert \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MDA_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@receipt-scan.png"# Receipt **Store:** Coffee House **Date:** March 7, 2026 | Item | Qty | Price | |---------------|-----|--------| | Latte | 2 | $9.50 | | Croissant | 1 | $4.25 | **Total: $13.75**
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