diff --git a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
index 7854fa4b..27be6312 100644
--- a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
+++ b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ public function register(IRegistrationContext $context): void {
 				$context->registerTaskProcessingProvider(\OCA\OpenAi\TaskProcessing\ReformatParagraphsProvider::class);
 			}
 			if ($this->appConfig->getValueString(Application::APP_ID, 'multimodal_image_enabled', '1') === '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..d7113640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/TaskProcessing/ImageToTextOcrProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+<?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\IL10N;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\EShapeType;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\Exception\ProcessingException;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\Exception\UserFacingProcessingException;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\IProvider;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ISynchronousOptionsAwareProvider;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\ShapeDescriptor;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\SynchronousProviderOptions;
+use OCP\TaskProcessing\TaskTypes\ImageToTextOpticalCharacterRecognition;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+
+class ImageToTextOcrProvider implements IProvider, ISynchronousOptionsAwareProvider {
+
+	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, SynchronousProviderOptions $options = new SynchronousProviderOptions(),
+	): array {
+		$reportOutput = $options->getReportIntermediateOutput();
+		$preferStreaming = $options->getPreferStreaming();
+
+		if (!$this->openAiAPIService->isUsingOpenAi() && !$this->openAiSettingsService->getChatEndpointEnabled()) {
+			throw new ProcessingException('Must support chat completion endpoint');
+		}
+
+		if (!isset($input['input']) || !is_array($input['input'])) {
+			throw new ProcessingException('Invalid file list');
+		}
+		if (count($input['input']) === 0) {
+			throw new ProcessingException('Invalid file list');
+		}
+
+		$files = $input['input'];
+
+		if (isset($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'];
+		}
+
+		$fileSizeTotal = array_reduce(
+			$files,
+			function ($carry, $file) {
+				return $carry + (method_exists($file, 'getSize') ? $file->getSize() : 0);
+			},
+			0
+		);
+		if ($fileSizeTotal > 50 * 1000 * 1000) {
+			throw new UserFacingProcessingException(
+				'Filesize of input files too large. Max is 50MB',
+				0,
+				null,
+				$this->l->t('The total size of the input files is too large. A maximum of 50MB is allowed.'),
+			);
+		}
+
+		$outputs = [];
+		$streamedOutputs = [];
+		$fileCount = (float)count($files);
+		$systemPrompt = 'Extract all visible text from the file. Return only the extracted text without additional commentary. Preserve the original language of the text.';
+		$userPrompt = 'Extract all text from this file.';
+
+		$fileIndex = 0;
+		foreach ($files as $file) {
+			$streamedOutputs[] = '';
+			try {
+				if ($preferStreaming) {
+					$chunks = $this->openAiAPIService->createStreamedChatCompletion(
+						$userId, $model, $userPrompt, $systemPrompt, null, 1, $maxTokens, null, null, null, [$file],
+					);
+					$time = microtime(true);
+					foreach ($chunks as $chunk) {
+						if (!in_array($chunk['kind'] ?? null, ['content'], true)) {
+							continue;
+						}
+						$streamedOutputs[$fileIndex] .= $chunk['text'];
+						// we don't report more often than every 250ms
+						if (microtime(true) - $time >= 0.25) {
+							$running = $reportOutput([
+								'output' => $streamedOutputs,
+							]);
+							if (!$running) {
+								throw new ProcessingException('OpenAI/LocalAI task cancelled');
+							}
+							$time = microtime(true);
+						}
+					}
+					if ($streamedOutputs[$fileIndex] !== '') {
+						$running = $reportOutput([
+							'output' => $streamedOutputs,
+						]);
+						if (!$running) {
+							throw new ProcessingException('OpenAI/LocalAI task cancelled');
+						}
+					}
+					$returnValue = $chunks->getReturn();
+					$messages = $returnValue['messages'];
+				} else {
+					$completion = $this->openAiAPIService->createChatCompletion(
+						$userId, $model, $userPrompt, $systemPrompt, null, 1, $maxTokens, null, null, null, [$file],
+					);
+					$messages = $completion['messages'];
+				}
+				$reportProgress(((float)$fileIndex + 1.0) / $fileCount);
+
+				if (count($messages) === 0) {
+					$this->logger->warning('No result in OpenAI/LocalAI response.');
+					$outputs[] = '';
+					$fileIndex++;
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				$outputs[] = array_pop($messages);
+			} catch (UserFacingProcessingException|ProcessingException $e) {
+				throw $e;
+			} catch (\Throwable $e) {
+				$this->logger->warning('OpenAI/LocalAI\'s OCR failed with: ' . $e->getMessage(), ['exception' => $e]);
+				throw new ProcessingException('OpenAI/LocalAI\'s OCR failed with: ' . $e->getMessage());
+			}
+			$fileIndex++;
+		}
+
+		return ['output' => $outputs];
+	}
+}