diff --git a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
index 2804e5fd..636f32f4 100644
--- a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
+++ b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ public function register(IRegistrationContext $context): void {
 				$context->registerTaskProcessingProvider(\OCA\OpenAi\TaskProcessing\ReformatParagraphsProvider::class);
 			}
 			if ($isUsingOpenAI || $this->appConfig->getValueString(Application::APP_ID, 'analyze_image_provider_enabled') === '1') {
+				$context->registerTaskProcessingProvider(\OCA\OpenAi\TaskProcessing\ImageToTextOcrProvider::class);
 				$context->registerTaskProcessingProvider(\OCA\OpenAi\TaskProcessing\AnalyzeImagesProvider::class);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/lib/TaskProcessing/ImageToTextOcrProvider.php b/lib/TaskProcessing/ImageToTextOcrProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d21f5197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/TaskProcessing/ImageToTextOcrProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OCA\OpenAi\TaskProcessing;
+
+use Imagick;
+use OCA\OpenAi\AppInfo\Application;
+use OCA\OpenAi\Service\OpenAiAPIService;
+use OCA\OpenAi\Service\OpenAiSettingsService;
+use OCP\Files\File;
+use OCP\IL10N;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\EShapeType;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\Exception\UserFacingProcessingException;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ISynchronousProvider;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ShapeDescriptor;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\TaskTypes\ImageToTextOpticalCharacterRecognition;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use RuntimeException;
+
+class ImageToTextOcrProvider implements ISynchronousProvider {
+
+	public function __construct(
+		private OpenAiAPIService $openAiAPIService,
+		private OpenAiSettingsService $openAiSettingsService,
+		private IL10N $l,
+		private LoggerInterface $logger,
+		private ?string $userId,
+	) {
+	}
+
+	public function getId(): string {
+		return Application::APP_ID . '-image2text-ocr';
+	}
+
+	public function getName(): string {
+		return $this->openAiAPIService->getServiceName();
+	}
+
+	public function getTaskTypeId(): string {
+		return ImageToTextOpticalCharacterRecognition::ID;
+	}
+
+	public function getExpectedRuntime(): int {
+		return $this->openAiAPIService->getExpTextProcessingTime();
+	}
+
+	public function getInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShape(): array {
+		return [
+			'max_tokens' => new ShapeDescriptor(
+				$this->l->t('Maximum output words'),
+				$this->l->t('The maximum number of words/tokens that can be generated in the output.'),
+				EShapeType::Number
+			),
+			'model' => new ShapeDescriptor(
+				$this->l->t('Model'),
+				$this->l->t('The model used to generate the output'),
+				EShapeType::Enum
+			),
+		];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [
+			'model' => $this->openAiAPIService->getModelEnumValues($this->userId),
+		];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalInputShapeDefaults(): array {
+		$adminModel = $this->openAiSettingsService->getAdminDefaultCompletionModelId();
+		return [
+			'max_tokens' => $this->openAiSettingsService->getMaxTokens(),
+			'model' => $adminModel,
+		];
+	}
+
+	public function getOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalOutputShape(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function getOptionalOutputShapeEnumValues(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function process(?string $userId, array $input, callable $reportProgress): array {
+		if (!$this->openAiAPIService->isUsingOpenAi() && !$this->openAiSettingsService->getChatEndpointEnabled()) {
+			throw new RuntimeException('Must support chat completion endpoint');
+		}
+
+		if (!isset($input['input']) || !is_array($input['input'])) {
+			throw new RuntimeException('Invalid file list');
+		}
+		if (count($input['input']) === 0) {
+			throw new RuntimeException('Invalid file list');
+		}
+		if (count($input['input']) > 500) {
+			throw new RuntimeException('Too many files given. Max is 500');
+		}
+
+		if (isset($input['model']) && is_string($input['model'])) {
+			$model = $input['model'];
+		} else {
+			$model = $this->openAiSettingsService->getAdminDefaultCompletionModelId();
+		}
+
+		$maxTokens = null;
+		if (isset($input['max_tokens']) && is_int($input['max_tokens'])) {
+			$maxTokens = $input['max_tokens'];
+		}
+
+		$fileSize = 0;
+		$outputs = [];
+		$fileCount = (float)count($input['input']);
+		$systemPrompt = 'Extract all visible text from the image. Return only the extracted text without additional commentary. Preserve the original language of the text.';
+		$userPrompt = 'Extract all text from this image.';
+
+		$fileIndex = 0;
+		foreach ($input['input'] as $file) {
+			if (!$file instanceof File || !$file->isReadable()) {
+				throw new RuntimeException('Invalid input file');
+			}
+			$fileSize += intval($file->getSize());
+			if ($fileSize > 50 * 1000 * 1000) {
+				throw new UserFacingProcessingException('Filesize of input files too large. Max is 50MB', userFacingMessage: $this->l->t('Filesize of input files too large. Max is 50MB'));
+			}
+
+			$fileType = $file->getMimeType();
+
+			// handle pdf files by converting to jpeg and then passing to the api
+			if ($fileType === 'application/pdf') {
+				$outputForFile = '';
+				$imagickProbe = $this->getImagickProbe($file);
+				$pagesRead = 0;
+				$history = [];
+				foreach ($this->imagickPdfToJpegBase64($imagickProbe['image'], 5) as $base64Image) {
+					$pagesRead += count($base64Image);
+					$history = [];
+					// Batches 5 in one request to speed up the process
+					foreach ($base64Image as $image) {
+						$history[] = json_encode([
+							'role' => 'user',
+							'content' => [
+								[
+									'type' => 'image_url',
+									'image_url' => [
+										'url' => 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' . $image,
+									],
+								],
+							],
+						]);
+					}
+					try {
+						$completion = $this->openAiAPIService->createChatCompletion($userId, $model, $userPrompt, $systemPrompt, $history, 1, $maxTokens);
+						$messages = $completion['messages'];
+
+						if (count($messages) === 0) {
+							$this->logger->warning('No result in OpenAI/LocalAI response.');
+							$outputs[] = '';
+							continue;
+						}
+
+						$outputForFile .= array_pop($messages) . "\n\n";
+						$reportProgress(((float)$fileIndex + (float)($pagesRead / $imagickProbe['count'])) / $fileCount);
+					} catch (\Exception $e) {
+						$this->logger->warning('OpenAI/LocalAI\'s OCR failed with: ' . $e->getMessage(), ['exception' => $e]);
+						throw new RuntimeException('OpenAI/LocalAI\'s OCR failed with: ' . $e->getMessage());
+					}
+				}
+				$outputs[] = $outputForFile;
+				$reportProgress(((float)$fileIndex + 1.0) / $fileCount);
+			} elseif (str_starts_with($fileType, 'image/')) {
+				if ($this->openAiAPIService->isUsingOpenAi()) {
+					$validFileTypes = [
+						'image/jpeg',
+						'image/png',
+						'image/gif',
+						'image/webp',
+					];
+					if (!in_array($fileType, $validFileTypes, true)) {
+						throw new RuntimeException('Invalid input file type for OpenAI ' . $fileType);
+					}
+				}
+
+				$base64Image = base64_encode(stream_get_contents($file->fopen('rb')));
+				$history = [
+					json_encode([
+						'role' => 'user',
+						'content' => [
+							[
+								'type' => 'image_url',
+								'image_url' => [
+									'url' => 'data:' . $fileType . ';base64,' . $base64Image,
+								],
+							],
+						],
+					]),
+				];
+				try {
+					$completion = $this->openAiAPIService->createChatCompletion($userId, $model, $userPrompt, $systemPrompt, $history, 1, $maxTokens);
+					$messages = $completion['messages'];
+					$reportProgress(((float)$fileIndex + 1.0) / $fileCount);
+
+					if (count($messages) === 0) {
+						$this->logger->warning('No result in OpenAI/LocalAI response.');
+						$outputs[] = '';
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					$outputs[] = array_pop($messages);
+				} catch (\Exception $e) {
+					$this->logger->warning('OpenAI/LocalAI\'s OCR failed with: ' . $e->getMessage(), ['exception' => $e]);
+					throw new RuntimeException('OpenAI/LocalAI\'s OCR failed with: ' . $e->getMessage());
+				}
+			} else {
+				throw new UserFacingProcessingException('Only supports image and pdf file types' . $fileType, userFacingMessage: $this->l->t('Only supports image and pdf file types'));
+			}
+			$fileIndex++;
+		}
+
+		return ['output' => $outputs];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return array{count: int, image: Imagick}
+	 */
+	private function getImagickProbe(File $file): array {
+		if (!extension_loaded('imagick')) {
+			throw new RuntimeException('Imagick extension not available can not process PDF');
+		}
+		if (empty(Imagick::queryFormats('PDF'))) {
+			throw new RuntimeException('Imagick has no PDF support (Ghostscript missing or blocked by policy.xml)');
+		}
+
+		$pdfContent = $file->getContent();
+		$probe = new Imagick();
+		$probe->setResolution(200, 200);
+		$probe->readImageBlob($pdfContent);
+		return ['count' => $probe->getNumberImages(), 'image' => $probe];
+	}
+	/**
+	 * @return \Generator<int, array<int, string>>
+	 */
+	private function imagickPdfToJpegBase64(Imagick $im, int $batchSize, int $maxPages = 500): \Generator {
+		$pageCount = 0;
+		$batch = [];
+		foreach ($im as $page) {
+			if ($pageCount >= $maxPages) {
+				break;
+			}
+			$page = $page->getImage();
+			$page->setImageBackgroundColor('white');
+			$page = $page->flattenImages();
+			$page->setImageFormat('jpeg');
+			$page->setImageCompressionQuality(85);
+			$batch[] = base64_encode($page->getImageBlob());
+			$page->clear();
+			$pageCount++;
+			// Read in batchs to avoid memory issues
+			if (count($batch) >= $batchSize) {
+				yield $batch;
+				$batch = [];
+			}
+		}
+		if (count($batch) > 0) {
+			yield $batch;
+		}
+		$im->clear();
+	}
+}