diff --git a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
index bd8a8cad..d1e09cd8 100644
--- a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
+++ b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ 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') {
+				if (!class_exists('OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\ImageToTextOpticalCharacterRecognition')) {
+					$context->registerTaskProcessingTaskType(\OCA\OpenAi\TaskProcessing\ImageToTextOcrTaskType::class);
+				}
+				$context->registerTaskProcessingProvider(\OCA\OpenAi\TaskProcessing\ImageToTextOcrProvider::class);
 				if (!class_exists('OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\AnalyzeImages')) {
 					$context->registerTaskProcessingTaskType(\OCA\OpenAi\TaskProcessing\AnalyzeImagesTaskType::class);
 				}
diff --git a/lib/TaskProcessing/ImageToTextOcrProvider.php b/lib/TaskProcessing/ImageToTextOcrProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..390e19c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/TaskProcessing/ImageToTextOcrProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+<?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 OCA\OpenAi\AppInfo\Application;
+use OCA\OpenAi\Service\OpenAiAPIService;
+use OCA\OpenAi\Service\OpenAiSettingsService;
+use OCP\Files\File;
+use OCP\IAppConfig;
+use OCP\IL10N;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\EShapeType;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\Exception\UserFacingProcessingException;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ISynchronousProvider;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ShapeDescriptor;
+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 IAppConfig $appConfig,
+		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 {
+		if (class_exists('OCP\\TaskProcessing\\TaskTypes\\ImageToTextOpticalCharacterRecognition')) {
+			return \OCP\TaskProcessing\TaskTypes\ImageToTextOpticalCharacterRecognition::ID;
+		}
+		return ImageToTextOcrTaskType::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 = [];
+		$systemPrompt = 'Extract all visible text from the image. Return only the extracted text without additional commentary. Preserve the original language of the text.';
+		$userPrompt = 'Extract all text from this image.';
+
+		foreach ($input['input'] as $i => $file) {
+			if (!$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 = $file->getMimeType();
+			if (!str_starts_with($fileType, 'image/')) {
+				throw new UserFacingProcessingException('Only supports image file types' . $fileType, userFacingMessage: $this->l->t('Only supports image file types'));
+			}
+			if ($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);
+				}
+			}
+
+			$inputFile = base64_encode(stream_get_contents($file->fopen('rb')));
+			$history = [
+				json_encode([
+					'role' => 'user',
+					'content' => [
+						[
+							'type' => 'image_url',
+							'image_url' => [
+								'url' => 'data:' . $fileType . ';base64,' . $inputFile,
+							],
+						],
+					],
+				]),
+			];
+
+			try {
+				$completion = $this->openAiAPIService->createChatCompletion($userId, $model, $userPrompt, $systemPrompt, $history, 1, $maxTokens);
+				$messages = $completion['messages'];
+
+				if (count($messages) === 0) {
+					throw new RuntimeException('No result in OpenAI/LocalAI response.');
+				}
+
+				$outputs[] = array_pop($messages);
+				$reportProgress(($i + 1) / count($input['input']));
+			} 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());
+			}
+		}
+
+		return ['output' => $outputs];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/TaskProcessing/ImageToTextOcrTaskType.php b/lib/TaskProcessing/ImageToTextOcrTaskType.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e898a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/TaskProcessing/ImageToTextOcrTaskType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?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 OCA\OpenAi\AppInfo\Application;
+use OCP\IL10N;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\EShapeType;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ITaskType;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ShapeDescriptor;
+
+class ImageToTextOcrTaskType implements ITaskType {
+	public const ID = Application::APP_ID . ':image2text-ocr';
+
+	public function __construct(
+		private IL10N $l,
+	) {
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @inheritDoc
+	 */
+	public function getName(): string {
+		return $this->l->t('Optical character recognition');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @inheritDoc
+	 */
+	public function getDescription(): string {
+		return $this->l->t('Extract text from the given images.');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getId(): string {
+		return self::ID;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return ShapeDescriptor[]
+	 */
+	public function getInputShape(): array {
+		return [
+			'input' => new ShapeDescriptor(
+				$this->l->t('Images'),
+				$this->l->t('Images to extract text from'),
+				EShapeType::ListOfFiles,
+			),
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return ShapeDescriptor[]
+	 */
+	public function getOutputShape(): array {
+		return [
+			'output' => new ShapeDescriptor(
+				$this->l->t('Output texts'),
+				$this->l->t('The texts that were extracted from the images'),
+				EShapeType::ListOfTexts
+			),
+		];
+	}
+}