diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 2d20964..6d2ae7d 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     ffmpeg \
     libmagic1 \
     imagemagick \
+    tesseract-ocr \
+    tesseract-ocr-eng \
+    tesseract-ocr-ara \
+    tesseract-ocr-fra \
     curl \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/backend/app/__init__.py b/backend/app/__init__.py
index 17dd678..3be354f 100644
--- a/backend/app/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/app/__init__.py
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ def create_app(config_name=None):
     from app.routes.flowchart import flowchart_bp
     from app.routes.v1.tools import v1_bp
     from app.routes.config import config_bp
+    from app.routes.ocr import ocr_bp
+    from app.routes.removebg import removebg_bp
+    from app.routes.pdf_editor import pdf_editor_bp
 
     app.register_blueprint(health_bp, url_prefix="/api")
     app.register_blueprint(auth_bp, url_prefix="/api/auth")
@@ -106,5 +109,8 @@ def create_app(config_name=None):
     app.register_blueprint(download_bp, url_prefix="/api/download")
     app.register_blueprint(v1_bp, url_prefix="/api/v1")
     app.register_blueprint(config_bp, url_prefix="/api/config")
+    app.register_blueprint(ocr_bp, url_prefix="/api/ocr")
+    app.register_blueprint(removebg_bp, url_prefix="/api/remove-bg")
+    app.register_blueprint(pdf_editor_bp, url_prefix="/api/pdf-editor")
 
     return app
diff --git a/backend/app/extensions.py b/backend/app/extensions.py
index bf82df2..accc0be 100644
--- a/backend/app/extensions.py
+++ b/backend/app/extensions.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ def init_celery(app):
         "app.tasks.video_tasks.*": {"queue": "video"},
         "app.tasks.pdf_tools_tasks.*": {"queue": "pdf_tools"},
         "app.tasks.flowchart_tasks.*": {"queue": "flowchart"},
+        "app.tasks.ocr_tasks.*": {"queue": "image"},
+        "app.tasks.removebg_tasks.*": {"queue": "image"},
+        "app.tasks.pdf_editor_tasks.*": {"queue": "pdf_tools"},
     }
 
     # Celery Beat — periodic tasks
diff --git a/backend/app/routes/ocr.py b/backend/app/routes/ocr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..717dbac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/routes/ocr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+"""OCR routes — extract text from images and PDFs."""
+from flask import Blueprint, request, jsonify, current_app
+
+from app.extensions import limiter
+from app.services.policy_service import (
+    assert_quota_available,
+    build_task_tracking_kwargs,
+    PolicyError,
+    record_accepted_usage,
+    resolve_web_actor,
+    validate_actor_file,
+)
+from app.services.ocr_service import SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES
+from app.utils.file_validator import FileValidationError
+from app.utils.sanitizer import generate_safe_path
+from app.tasks.ocr_tasks import ocr_image_task, ocr_pdf_task
+
+ocr_bp = Blueprint("ocr", __name__)
+
+ALLOWED_IMAGE_TYPES = ["png", "jpg", "jpeg", "webp", "tiff", "bmp"]
+ALLOWED_OCR_TYPES = ALLOWED_IMAGE_TYPES + ["pdf"]
+
+
+def _check_feature_flag():
+    """Return an error response if FEATURE_EDITOR is disabled."""
+    if not current_app.config.get("FEATURE_EDITOR", False):
+        return jsonify({"error": "This feature is not enabled."}), 403
+    return None
+
+
+@ocr_bp.route("/image", methods=["POST"])
+@limiter.limit("10/minute")
+def ocr_image_route():
+    """Extract text from an image using OCR.
+
+    Accepts: multipart/form-data with:
+        - 'file': Image file
+        - 'lang' (optional): Language code — eng, ara, fra (default: eng)
+    Returns: JSON with task_id for polling
+    """
+    flag_err = _check_feature_flag()
+    if flag_err:
+        return flag_err
+
+    if "file" not in request.files:
+        return jsonify({"error": "No file provided."}), 400
+
+    file = request.files["file"]
+    lang = request.form.get("lang", "eng").lower()
+    if lang not in SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES:
+        lang = "eng"
+
+    actor = resolve_web_actor()
+    try:
+        assert_quota_available(actor)
+    except PolicyError as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": e.message}), e.status_code
+
+    try:
+        original_filename, ext = validate_actor_file(
+            file, allowed_types=ALLOWED_IMAGE_TYPES, actor=actor
+        )
+    except FileValidationError as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": e.message}), e.code
+
+    task_id, input_path = generate_safe_path(ext, folder_type="upload")
+    file.save(input_path)
+
+    task = ocr_image_task.delay(
+        input_path, task_id, original_filename, lang,
+        **build_task_tracking_kwargs(actor),
+    )
+    record_accepted_usage(actor, "ocr-image", task.id)
+
+    return jsonify({
+        "task_id": task.id,
+        "message": "OCR started. Poll /api/tasks/{task_id}/status for progress.",
+    }), 202
+
+
+@ocr_bp.route("/pdf", methods=["POST"])
+@limiter.limit("5/minute")
+def ocr_pdf_route():
+    """Extract text from a scanned PDF using OCR.
+
+    Accepts: multipart/form-data with:
+        - 'file': PDF file
+        - 'lang' (optional): Language code — eng, ara, fra (default: eng)
+    Returns: JSON with task_id for polling
+    """
+    flag_err = _check_feature_flag()
+    if flag_err:
+        return flag_err
+
+    if "file" not in request.files:
+        return jsonify({"error": "No file provided."}), 400
+
+    file = request.files["file"]
+    lang = request.form.get("lang", "eng").lower()
+    if lang not in SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES:
+        lang = "eng"
+
+    actor = resolve_web_actor()
+    try:
+        assert_quota_available(actor)
+    except PolicyError as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": e.message}), e.status_code
+
+    try:
+        original_filename, ext = validate_actor_file(
+            file, allowed_types=["pdf"], actor=actor
+        )
+    except FileValidationError as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": e.message}), e.code
+
+    task_id, input_path = generate_safe_path(ext, folder_type="upload")
+    file.save(input_path)
+
+    task = ocr_pdf_task.delay(
+        input_path, task_id, original_filename, lang,
+        **build_task_tracking_kwargs(actor),
+    )
+    record_accepted_usage(actor, "ocr-pdf", task.id)
+
+    return jsonify({
+        "task_id": task.id,
+        "message": "OCR started. Poll /api/tasks/{task_id}/status for progress.",
+    }), 202
+
+
+@ocr_bp.route("/languages", methods=["GET"])
+def ocr_languages_route():
+    """Return the list of supported OCR languages."""
+    return jsonify({"languages": SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES}), 200
diff --git a/backend/app/routes/pdf_editor.py b/backend/app/routes/pdf_editor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4976fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/routes/pdf_editor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+"""PDF Editor route — apply text annotations to PDFs."""
+import json
+
+from flask import Blueprint, request, jsonify, current_app
+
+from app.extensions import limiter
+from app.services.policy_service import (
+    assert_quota_available,
+    build_task_tracking_kwargs,
+    PolicyError,
+    record_accepted_usage,
+    resolve_web_actor,
+    validate_actor_file,
+)
+from app.utils.file_validator import FileValidationError
+from app.utils.sanitizer import generate_safe_path
+from app.tasks.pdf_editor_tasks import edit_pdf_task
+
+pdf_editor_bp = Blueprint("pdf_editor", __name__)
+
+
+@pdf_editor_bp.route("/edit", methods=["POST"])
+@limiter.limit("10/minute")
+def edit_pdf_route():
+    """Apply text annotations to a PDF.
+
+    Accepts: multipart/form-data with:
+        - 'file': PDF file
+        - 'edits': JSON string — array of edit objects
+          Each edit: { type: "text", page: 1, x: 100, y: 200, content: "Hello", fontSize: 14, color: "#000000" }
+    Returns: JSON with task_id for polling
+    """
+    if not current_app.config.get("FEATURE_EDITOR", False):
+        return jsonify({"error": "This feature is not enabled."}), 403
+
+    if "file" not in request.files:
+        return jsonify({"error": "No file provided."}), 400
+
+    file = request.files["file"]
+    edits_raw = request.form.get("edits", "[]")
+
+    try:
+        edits = json.loads(edits_raw)
+        if not isinstance(edits, list):
+            return jsonify({"error": "Edits must be a JSON array."}), 400
+    except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
+        return jsonify({"error": "Invalid JSON in 'edits' field."}), 400
+
+    if not edits:
+        return jsonify({"error": "At least one edit is required."}), 400
+
+    if len(edits) > 500:
+        return jsonify({"error": "Maximum 500 edits allowed."}), 400
+
+    actor = resolve_web_actor()
+    try:
+        assert_quota_available(actor)
+    except PolicyError as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": e.message}), e.status_code
+
+    try:
+        original_filename, ext = validate_actor_file(
+            file, allowed_types=["pdf"], actor=actor
+        )
+    except FileValidationError as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": e.message}), e.code
+
+    task_id, input_path = generate_safe_path(ext, folder_type="upload")
+    file.save(input_path)
+
+    task = edit_pdf_task.delay(
+        input_path, task_id, original_filename, edits,
+        **build_task_tracking_kwargs(actor),
+    )
+    record_accepted_usage(actor, "pdf-edit", task.id)
+
+    return jsonify({
+        "task_id": task.id,
+        "message": "PDF editing started. Poll /api/tasks/{task_id}/status for progress.",
+    }), 202
diff --git a/backend/app/routes/removebg.py b/backend/app/routes/removebg.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48d181b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/routes/removebg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+"""Background removal route."""
+from flask import Blueprint, request, jsonify, current_app
+
+from app.extensions import limiter
+from app.services.policy_service import (
+    assert_quota_available,
+    build_task_tracking_kwargs,
+    PolicyError,
+    record_accepted_usage,
+    resolve_web_actor,
+    validate_actor_file,
+)
+from app.utils.file_validator import FileValidationError
+from app.utils.sanitizer import generate_safe_path
+from app.tasks.removebg_tasks import remove_bg_task
+
+removebg_bp = Blueprint("removebg", __name__)
+
+ALLOWED_IMAGE_TYPES = ["png", "jpg", "jpeg", "webp"]
+
+
+@removebg_bp.route("", methods=["POST"])
+@limiter.limit("5/minute")
+def remove_bg_route():
+    """Remove the background from an image.
+
+    Accepts: multipart/form-data with:
+        - 'file': Image file (PNG, JPG, JPEG, WebP)
+    Returns: JSON with task_id for polling
+    """
+    if not current_app.config.get("FEATURE_EDITOR", False):
+        return jsonify({"error": "This feature is not enabled."}), 403
+
+    if "file" not in request.files:
+        return jsonify({"error": "No file provided."}), 400
+
+    file = request.files["file"]
+
+    actor = resolve_web_actor()
+    try:
+        assert_quota_available(actor)
+    except PolicyError as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": e.message}), e.status_code
+
+    try:
+        original_filename, ext = validate_actor_file(
+            file, allowed_types=ALLOWED_IMAGE_TYPES, actor=actor
+        )
+    except FileValidationError as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": e.message}), e.code
+
+    task_id, input_path = generate_safe_path(ext, folder_type="upload")
+    file.save(input_path)
+
+    task = remove_bg_task.delay(
+        input_path, task_id, original_filename,
+        **build_task_tracking_kwargs(actor),
+    )
+    record_accepted_usage(actor, "remove-bg", task.id)
+
+    return jsonify({
+        "task_id": task.id,
+        "message": "Background removal started. Poll /api/tasks/{task_id}/status for progress.",
+    }), 202
diff --git a/backend/app/services/ocr_service.py b/backend/app/services/ocr_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0233c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/services/ocr_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+"""OCR service — extract text from images and PDFs using Tesseract."""
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class OCRError(Exception):
+    """Custom exception for OCR failures."""
+    pass
+
+
+# Tesseract language codes
+SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES = {
+    "eng": "English",
+    "ara": "Arabic",
+    "fra": "French",
+}
+
+DEFAULT_LANG = "eng"
+
+
+def _get_tesseract_cmd() -> str:
+    """Return the tesseract binary path."""
+    return os.getenv("TESSERACT_CMD", "tesseract")
+
+
+def ocr_image(input_path: str, lang: str = DEFAULT_LANG) -> dict:
+    """Extract text from an image file using Tesseract.
+
+    Args:
+        input_path: Path to the input image.
+        lang: Tesseract language code (e.g. "eng", "ara", "fra").
+
+    Returns:
+        dict with ``text``, ``lang``, ``char_count``.
+
+    Raises:
+        OCRError: If the OCR operation fails.
+    """
+    if lang not in SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES:
+        lang = DEFAULT_LANG
+
+    try:
+        import pytesseract
+
+        pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = _get_tesseract_cmd()
+
+        with Image.open(input_path) as img:
+            # Convert to RGB if needed (tesseract works best with RGB)
+            if img.mode not in ("RGB", "L"):
+                img = img.convert("RGB")
+            text = pytesseract.image_to_string(img, lang=lang)
+
+        text = text.strip()
+        return {
+            "text": text,
+            "lang": lang,
+            "char_count": len(text),
+        }
+    except ImportError:
+        raise OCRError("pytesseract is not installed.")
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise OCRError(f"OCR failed: {str(e)}")
+
+
+def ocr_pdf(input_path: str, output_path: str, lang: str = DEFAULT_LANG) -> dict:
+    """Extract text from a scanned PDF by converting pages to images first.
+
+    Args:
+        input_path: Path to the input PDF.
+        output_path: Path for the output text file.
+        lang: Tesseract language code.
+
+    Returns:
+        dict with ``text``, ``page_count``, ``char_count``.
+
+    Raises:
+        OCRError: If the OCR operation fails.
+    """
+    if lang not in SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES:
+        lang = DEFAULT_LANG
+
+    try:
+        from pdf2image import convert_from_path
+        import pytesseract
+
+        pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = _get_tesseract_cmd()
+
+        images = convert_from_path(input_path, dpi=300)
+        if not images:
+            raise OCRError("Could not convert PDF to images — file may be empty.")
+
+        all_text = []
+        for i, img in enumerate(images, 1):
+            if img.mode not in ("RGB", "L"):
+                img = img.convert("RGB")
+            page_text = pytesseract.image_to_string(img, lang=lang)
+            all_text.append(f"--- Page {i} ---\n{page_text.strip()}")
+
+        full_text = "\n\n".join(all_text)
+
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(output_path), exist_ok=True)
+        with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(full_text)
+
+        return {
+            "text": full_text,
+            "page_count": len(images),
+            "char_count": len(full_text),
+        }
+    except ImportError as e:
+        raise OCRError(f"Missing dependency: {e}")
+    except OCRError:
+        raise
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise OCRError(f"PDF OCR failed: {str(e)}")
diff --git a/backend/app/services/pdf_editor_service.py b/backend/app/services/pdf_editor_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c2f609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/services/pdf_editor_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+"""PDF Editor service — add text annotations and simple edits to PDFs."""
+import io
+import logging
+import os
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class PDFEditorError(Exception):
+    """Custom exception for PDF editor failures."""
+    pass
+
+
+def apply_pdf_edits(input_path: str, output_path: str, edits: list[dict]) -> dict:
+    """Apply a list of edits (text annotations) to an existing PDF.
+
+    Each edit dict can contain:
+        - type: "text"
+        - page: 1-based page number
+        - x, y: position in points from bottom-left
+        - content: text string to place
+        - fontSize: optional, default 12
+        - color: optional hex e.g. "#000000"
+
+    Args:
+        input_path: Path to the source PDF.
+        output_path: Path for the edited PDF.
+        edits: List of edit operation dicts.
+
+    Returns:
+        dict with ``page_count``, ``edits_applied``, ``output_size``.
+
+    Raises:
+        PDFEditorError: If the edit fails.
+    """
+    if not edits:
+        raise PDFEditorError("No edits provided.")
+
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(output_path), exist_ok=True)
+
+    try:
+        from PyPDF2 import PdfReader, PdfWriter
+        from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
+        from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter
+        from reportlab.lib.colors import HexColor
+
+        reader = PdfReader(input_path)
+        writer = PdfWriter()
+        page_count = len(reader.pages)
+
+        if page_count == 0:
+            raise PDFEditorError("PDF has no pages.")
+
+        # Group edits by page
+        edits_by_page: dict[int, list[dict]] = {}
+        for edit in edits:
+            page_num = int(edit.get("page", 1))
+            if page_num < 1 or page_num > page_count:
+                continue
+            edits_by_page.setdefault(page_num, []).append(edit)
+
+        edits_applied = 0
+
+        for page_idx in range(page_count):
+            page = reader.pages[page_idx]
+            page_num = page_idx + 1
+            page_edits = edits_by_page.get(page_num, [])
+
+            if page_edits:
+                # Get page dimensions
+                media_box = page.mediabox
+                page_width = float(media_box.width)
+                page_height = float(media_box.height)
+
+                # Create overlay with annotations
+                packet = io.BytesIO()
+                c = canvas.Canvas(packet, pagesize=(page_width, page_height))
+
+                for edit in page_edits:
+                    edit_type = edit.get("type", "text")
+                    if edit_type == "text":
+                        x = float(edit.get("x", 72))
+                        y = float(edit.get("y", 72))
+                        content = str(edit.get("content", ""))
+                        font_size = int(edit.get("fontSize", 12))
+                        color = str(edit.get("color", "#000000"))
+
+                        try:
+                            c.setFillColor(HexColor(color))
+                        except Exception:
+                            c.setFillColor(HexColor("#000000"))
+
+                        c.setFont("Helvetica", font_size)
+                        c.drawString(x, y, content)
+                        edits_applied += 1
+
+                c.save()
+                packet.seek(0)
+
+                overlay_reader = PdfReader(packet)
+                if len(overlay_reader.pages) > 0:
+                    page.merge_page(overlay_reader.pages[0])
+
+            writer.add_page(page)
+
+        with open(output_path, "wb") as f:
+            writer.write(f)
+
+        output_size = os.path.getsize(output_path)
+
+        return {
+            "page_count": page_count,
+            "edits_applied": edits_applied,
+            "output_size": output_size,
+        }
+
+    except PDFEditorError:
+        raise
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise PDFEditorError(f"PDF editing failed: {str(e)}")
diff --git a/backend/app/services/removebg_service.py b/backend/app/services/removebg_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a931b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/services/removebg_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+"""Background removal service using rembg."""
+import logging
+import os
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class RemoveBGError(Exception):
+    """Custom exception for background removal failures."""
+    pass
+
+
+def remove_background(input_path: str, output_path: str) -> dict:
+    """Remove the background from an image.
+
+    Args:
+        input_path: Path to the input image.
+        output_path: Path for the output PNG (always PNG — transparency).
+
+    Returns:
+        dict with ``original_size``, ``output_size``, ``width``, ``height``.
+
+    Raises:
+        RemoveBGError: If the operation fails.
+    """
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(output_path), exist_ok=True)
+
+    try:
+        from rembg import remove as rembg_remove
+
+        with Image.open(input_path) as img:
+            if img.mode != "RGBA":
+                img = img.convert("RGBA")
+            width, height = img.size
+            original_size = os.path.getsize(input_path)
+
+            result = rembg_remove(img)
+            result.save(output_path, format="PNG", optimize=True)
+
+        output_size = os.path.getsize(output_path)
+
+        logger.info(
+            "Background removed: %s → %s (%d → %d bytes)",
+            input_path, output_path, original_size, output_size,
+        )
+
+        return {
+            "original_size": original_size,
+            "output_size": output_size,
+            "width": width,
+            "height": height,
+        }
+    except ImportError:
+        raise RemoveBGError("rembg is not installed.")
+    except (IOError, OSError) as e:
+        raise RemoveBGError(f"Background removal failed: {str(e)}")
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise RemoveBGError(f"Background removal failed: {str(e)}")
diff --git a/backend/app/tasks/ocr_tasks.py b/backend/app/tasks/ocr_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8883ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/tasks/ocr_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+"""Celery tasks for OCR processing."""
+import os
+import logging
+
+from flask import current_app
+
+from app.extensions import celery
+from app.services.ocr_service import ocr_image, ocr_pdf, OCRError
+from app.services.storage_service import storage
+from app.services.task_tracking_service import finalize_task_tracking
+from app.utils.sanitizer import cleanup_task_files
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _cleanup(task_id: str):
+    cleanup_task_files(task_id, keep_outputs=not storage.use_s3)
+
+
+def _get_output_dir(task_id: str) -> str:
+    output_dir = os.path.join(current_app.config["OUTPUT_FOLDER"], task_id)
+    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    return output_dir
+
+
+def _finalize_task(
+    task_id, user_id, tool, original_filename, result,
+    usage_source, api_key_id, celery_task_id,
+):
+    finalize_task_tracking(
+        user_id=user_id, tool=tool, original_filename=original_filename,
+        result=result, usage_source=usage_source,
+        api_key_id=api_key_id, celery_task_id=celery_task_id,
+    )
+    _cleanup(task_id)
+    return result
+
+
+@celery.task(bind=True, name="app.tasks.ocr_tasks.ocr_image_task")
+def ocr_image_task(
+    self,
+    input_path: str,
+    task_id: str,
+    original_filename: str,
+    lang: str = "eng",
+    user_id: int | None = None,
+    usage_source: str = "web",
+    api_key_id: int | None = None,
+):
+    """Async task: Extract text from an image via OCR."""
+    output_dir = _get_output_dir(task_id)
+    output_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{task_id}.txt")
+
+    try:
+        self.update_state(state="PROCESSING", meta={"step": "Running OCR on image..."})
+
+        stats = ocr_image(input_path, lang=lang)
+
+        # Write text to file for download
+        with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(stats["text"])
+
+        self.update_state(state="PROCESSING", meta={"step": "Uploading result..."})
+        s3_key = storage.upload_file(output_path, task_id, folder="outputs")
+
+        name_without_ext = os.path.splitext(original_filename)[0]
+        download_name = f"{name_without_ext}_ocr.txt"
+
+        download_url = storage.generate_presigned_url(s3_key, original_filename=download_name)
+
+        result = {
+            "status": "completed",
+            "download_url": download_url,
+            "filename": download_name,
+            "text": stats["text"][:5000],  # preview (first 5k chars)
+            "char_count": stats["char_count"],
+            "lang": stats["lang"],
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Task %s: OCR image completed (%d chars)", task_id, stats["char_count"])
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "ocr-image", original_filename,
+            result, usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
+
+    except OCRError as e:
+        logger.error("Task %s: OCR error — %s", task_id, e)
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "ocr-image", original_filename,
+            {"status": "failed", "error": str(e)},
+            usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("Task %s: Unexpected error — %s", task_id, e)
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "ocr-image", original_filename,
+            {"status": "failed", "error": "An unexpected error occurred."},
+            usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
+
+
+@celery.task(bind=True, name="app.tasks.ocr_tasks.ocr_pdf_task")
+def ocr_pdf_task(
+    self,
+    input_path: str,
+    task_id: str,
+    original_filename: str,
+    lang: str = "eng",
+    user_id: int | None = None,
+    usage_source: str = "web",
+    api_key_id: int | None = None,
+):
+    """Async task: Extract text from a scanned PDF via OCR."""
+    output_dir = _get_output_dir(task_id)
+    output_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{task_id}.txt")
+
+    try:
+        self.update_state(state="PROCESSING", meta={"step": "Converting PDF pages & running OCR..."})
+
+        stats = ocr_pdf(input_path, output_path, lang=lang)
+
+        self.update_state(state="PROCESSING", meta={"step": "Uploading result..."})
+        s3_key = storage.upload_file(output_path, task_id, folder="outputs")
+
+        name_without_ext = os.path.splitext(original_filename)[0]
+        download_name = f"{name_without_ext}_ocr.txt"
+
+        download_url = storage.generate_presigned_url(s3_key, original_filename=download_name)
+
+        result = {
+            "status": "completed",
+            "download_url": download_url,
+            "filename": download_name,
+            "text": stats["text"][:5000],
+            "page_count": stats["page_count"],
+            "char_count": stats["char_count"],
+            "lang": lang,
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Task %s: OCR PDF completed (%d pages, %d chars)", task_id, stats["page_count"], stats["char_count"])
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "ocr-pdf", original_filename,
+            result, usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
+
+    except OCRError as e:
+        logger.error("Task %s: OCR error — %s", task_id, e)
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "ocr-pdf", original_filename,
+            {"status": "failed", "error": str(e)},
+            usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("Task %s: Unexpected error — %s", task_id, e)
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "ocr-pdf", original_filename,
+            {"status": "failed", "error": "An unexpected error occurred."},
+            usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
diff --git a/backend/app/tasks/pdf_editor_tasks.py b/backend/app/tasks/pdf_editor_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2dc722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/tasks/pdf_editor_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+"""Celery tasks for PDF editing."""
+import os
+import logging
+
+from flask import current_app
+
+from app.extensions import celery
+from app.services.pdf_editor_service import apply_pdf_edits, PDFEditorError
+from app.services.storage_service import storage
+from app.services.task_tracking_service import finalize_task_tracking
+from app.utils.sanitizer import cleanup_task_files
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _cleanup(task_id: str):
+    cleanup_task_files(task_id, keep_outputs=not storage.use_s3)
+
+
+def _get_output_dir(task_id: str) -> str:
+    output_dir = os.path.join(current_app.config["OUTPUT_FOLDER"], task_id)
+    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    return output_dir
+
+
+def _finalize_task(
+    task_id, user_id, tool, original_filename, result,
+    usage_source, api_key_id, celery_task_id,
+):
+    finalize_task_tracking(
+        user_id=user_id, tool=tool, original_filename=original_filename,
+        result=result, usage_source=usage_source,
+        api_key_id=api_key_id, celery_task_id=celery_task_id,
+    )
+    _cleanup(task_id)
+    return result
+
+
+@celery.task(bind=True, name="app.tasks.pdf_editor_tasks.edit_pdf_task")
+def edit_pdf_task(
+    self,
+    input_path: str,
+    task_id: str,
+    original_filename: str,
+    edits: list[dict],
+    user_id: int | None = None,
+    usage_source: str = "web",
+    api_key_id: int | None = None,
+):
+    """Async task: Apply text annotations to a PDF."""
+    output_dir = _get_output_dir(task_id)
+    output_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{task_id}.pdf")
+
+    try:
+        self.update_state(state="PROCESSING", meta={"step": "Applying edits to PDF..."})
+
+        stats = apply_pdf_edits(input_path, output_path, edits)
+
+        self.update_state(state="PROCESSING", meta={"step": "Uploading result..."})
+        s3_key = storage.upload_file(output_path, task_id, folder="outputs")
+
+        name_without_ext = os.path.splitext(original_filename)[0]
+        download_name = f"{name_without_ext}_edited.pdf"
+
+        download_url = storage.generate_presigned_url(s3_key, original_filename=download_name)
+
+        result = {
+            "status": "completed",
+            "download_url": download_url,
+            "filename": download_name,
+            "page_count": stats["page_count"],
+            "edits_applied": stats["edits_applied"],
+            "output_size": stats["output_size"],
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Task %s: PDF edit completed (%d edits)", task_id, stats["edits_applied"])
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "pdf-edit", original_filename,
+            result, usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
+
+    except PDFEditorError as e:
+        logger.error("Task %s: PDF edit error — %s", task_id, e)
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "pdf-edit", original_filename,
+            {"status": "failed", "error": str(e)},
+            usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("Task %s: Unexpected error — %s", task_id, e)
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "pdf-edit", original_filename,
+            {"status": "failed", "error": "An unexpected error occurred."},
+            usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
diff --git a/backend/app/tasks/removebg_tasks.py b/backend/app/tasks/removebg_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb5ad72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/tasks/removebg_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+"""Celery tasks for background removal."""
+import os
+import logging
+
+from flask import current_app
+
+from app.extensions import celery
+from app.services.removebg_service import remove_background, RemoveBGError
+from app.services.storage_service import storage
+from app.services.task_tracking_service import finalize_task_tracking
+from app.utils.sanitizer import cleanup_task_files
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _cleanup(task_id: str):
+    cleanup_task_files(task_id, keep_outputs=not storage.use_s3)
+
+
+def _get_output_dir(task_id: str) -> str:
+    output_dir = os.path.join(current_app.config["OUTPUT_FOLDER"], task_id)
+    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    return output_dir
+
+
+def _finalize_task(
+    task_id, user_id, tool, original_filename, result,
+    usage_source, api_key_id, celery_task_id,
+):
+    finalize_task_tracking(
+        user_id=user_id, tool=tool, original_filename=original_filename,
+        result=result, usage_source=usage_source,
+        api_key_id=api_key_id, celery_task_id=celery_task_id,
+    )
+    _cleanup(task_id)
+    return result
+
+
+@celery.task(bind=True, name="app.tasks.removebg_tasks.remove_bg_task")
+def remove_bg_task(
+    self,
+    input_path: str,
+    task_id: str,
+    original_filename: str,
+    user_id: int | None = None,
+    usage_source: str = "web",
+    api_key_id: int | None = None,
+):
+    """Async task: Remove background from an image."""
+    output_dir = _get_output_dir(task_id)
+    output_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{task_id}.png")
+
+    try:
+        self.update_state(state="PROCESSING", meta={"step": "Removing background..."})
+
+        stats = remove_background(input_path, output_path)
+
+        self.update_state(state="PROCESSING", meta={"step": "Uploading result..."})
+        s3_key = storage.upload_file(output_path, task_id, folder="outputs")
+
+        name_without_ext = os.path.splitext(original_filename)[0]
+        download_name = f"{name_without_ext}_nobg.png"
+
+        download_url = storage.generate_presigned_url(s3_key, original_filename=download_name)
+
+        result = {
+            "status": "completed",
+            "download_url": download_url,
+            "filename": download_name,
+            "original_size": stats["original_size"],
+            "output_size": stats["output_size"],
+            "width": stats["width"],
+            "height": stats["height"],
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Task %s: Background removal completed", task_id)
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "remove-bg", original_filename,
+            result, usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
+
+    except RemoveBGError as e:
+        logger.error("Task %s: RemoveBG error — %s", task_id, e)
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "remove-bg", original_filename,
+            {"status": "failed", "error": str(e)},
+            usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("Task %s: Unexpected error — %s", task_id, e)
+        return _finalize_task(
+            task_id, user_id, "remove-bg", original_filename,
+            {"status": "failed", "error": "An unexpected error occurred."},
+            usage_source, api_key_id, self.request.id,
+        )
diff --git a/backend/celery_worker.py b/backend/celery_worker.py
index b92ff08..1ae5b5d 100644
--- a/backend/celery_worker.py
+++ b/backend/celery_worker.py
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ import app.tasks.video_tasks  # noqa: F401
 import app.tasks.pdf_tools_tasks  # noqa: F401
 import app.tasks.flowchart_tasks  # noqa: F401
 import app.tasks.maintenance_tasks  # noqa: F401
+import app.tasks.ocr_tasks  # noqa: F401
+import app.tasks.removebg_tasks  # noqa: F401
+import app.tasks.pdf_editor_tasks  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index fec0f0e..fa07ab1 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ PyPDF2>=3.0,<4.0
 reportlab>=4.0,<5.0
 pdf2image>=1.16,<2.0
 
+# OCR
+pytesseract>=0.3.10,<1.0
+
+# Background Removal
+rembg>=2.0,<3.0
+onnxruntime>=1.16,<2.0
+
 # AWS
 boto3>=1.34,<2.0
 
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_ocr.py b/backend/tests/test_ocr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4069bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_ocr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+"""Tests for OCR routes — /api/ocr/image, /api/ocr/pdf, /api/ocr/languages."""
+import io
+import json
+import os
+import tempfile
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+from tests.conftest import make_png_bytes, make_pdf_bytes
+
+
+# =========================================================================
+# Feature flag enforcement
+# =========================================================================
+class TestOcrFeatureFlag:
+    def test_ocr_image_disabled_by_default(self, client):
+        """OCR image should return 403 when FEATURE_EDITOR is off."""
+        data = {"file": (io.BytesIO(make_png_bytes()), "test.png")}
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/ocr/image",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 403
+        assert "not enabled" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+    def test_ocr_pdf_disabled_by_default(self, client):
+        """OCR PDF should return 403 when FEATURE_EDITOR is off."""
+        data = {"file": (io.BytesIO(make_pdf_bytes()), "scan.pdf")}
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/ocr/pdf",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 403
+
+    def test_languages_always_available(self, client):
+        """GET /api/ocr/languages should work even when feature is disabled."""
+        response = client.get("/api/ocr/languages")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        data = response.get_json()
+        langs = data["languages"]
+        assert "eng" in langs
+        assert "ara" in langs
+        assert "fra" in langs
+
+
+# =========================================================================
+# Validation
+# =========================================================================
+class TestOcrValidation:
+    def test_ocr_image_no_file(self, client, app):
+        """Should return 400 when no file provided."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        response = client.post("/api/ocr/image")
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert "No file" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+    def test_ocr_pdf_no_file(self, client, app):
+        """Should return 400 when no file provided."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        response = client.post("/api/ocr/pdf")
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert "No file" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+
+# =========================================================================
+# Success paths
+# =========================================================================
+class TestOcrSuccess:
+    def test_ocr_image_success(self, client, app, monkeypatch):
+        """Should return 202 with task_id when valid image provided."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        mock_task = MagicMock()
+        mock_task.id = "ocr-img-task-1"
+
+        tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        save_path = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "mock.png")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.ocr.validate_actor_file",
+            lambda f, allowed_types, actor: ("test.png", "png"),
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.ocr.generate_safe_path",
+            lambda ext, folder_type: ("mock-id", save_path),
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.ocr.ocr_image_task.delay",
+            MagicMock(return_value=mock_task),
+        )
+
+        data = {"file": (io.BytesIO(make_png_bytes()), "test.png"), "lang": "eng"}
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/ocr/image",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 202
+        body = response.get_json()
+        assert body["task_id"] == "ocr-img-task-1"
+
+    def test_ocr_pdf_success(self, client, app, monkeypatch):
+        """Should return 202 with task_id when valid PDF provided."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        mock_task = MagicMock()
+        mock_task.id = "ocr-pdf-task-1"
+
+        tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        save_path = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "mock.pdf")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.ocr.validate_actor_file",
+            lambda f, allowed_types, actor: ("scan.pdf", "pdf"),
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.ocr.generate_safe_path",
+            lambda ext, folder_type: ("mock-id", save_path),
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.ocr.ocr_pdf_task.delay",
+            MagicMock(return_value=mock_task),
+        )
+
+        data = {"file": (io.BytesIO(make_pdf_bytes()), "scan.pdf"), "lang": "ara"}
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/ocr/pdf",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 202
+        body = response.get_json()
+        assert body["task_id"] == "ocr-pdf-task-1"
+
+    def test_ocr_image_invalid_lang_falls_back(self, client, app, monkeypatch):
+        """Invalid lang should fall back to 'eng' without error."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        mock_task = MagicMock()
+        mock_task.id = "ocr-lang-task"
+
+        tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        save_path = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "mock.png")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.ocr.validate_actor_file",
+            lambda f, allowed_types, actor: ("test.png", "png"),
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.ocr.generate_safe_path",
+            lambda ext, folder_type: ("mock-id", save_path),
+        )
+        mock_delay = MagicMock(return_value=mock_task)
+        monkeypatch.setattr("app.routes.ocr.ocr_image_task.delay", mock_delay)
+
+        data = {"file": (io.BytesIO(make_png_bytes()), "test.png"), "lang": "invalid"}
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/ocr/image",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 202
+        # Verify 'eng' was passed to the task
+        call_args = mock_delay.call_args
+        assert call_args[0][3] == "eng"  # 4th positional arg is lang
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_ocr_service.py b/backend/tests/test_ocr_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b26afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_ocr_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"""Tests for OCR service and PDF editor service — unit tests with mocking."""
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+import pytest
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+
+from app.services.ocr_service import ocr_image, OCRError, SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES
+
+
+class TestOcrServiceConstants:
+    def test_supported_languages(self):
+        """Verify the supported languages dict."""
+        assert "eng" in SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES
+        assert "ara" in SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES
+        assert "fra" in SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES
+        assert len(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES) == 3
+
+
+class TestOcrImage:
+    def test_ocr_image_success(self):
+        """Should return text and char_count from image (mocked pytesseract)."""
+        mock_pytesseract = MagicMock()
+        mock_pytesseract.image_to_string.return_value = "  Hello World  "
+        mock_pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = ""
+
+        mock_img = MagicMock()
+        mock_img.mode = "RGB"
+        mock_img.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=mock_img)
+        mock_img.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=False)
+
+        with patch.dict(sys.modules, {"pytesseract": mock_pytesseract}):
+            with patch("app.services.ocr_service.Image") as mock_pil:
+                mock_pil.open.return_value = mock_img
+                result = ocr_image("/fake/path.png", lang="eng")
+
+        assert result["text"] == "Hello World"
+        assert result["char_count"] == 11
+        assert result["lang"] == "eng"
+
+    def test_ocr_image_invalid_lang_fallback(self):
+        """Invalid language should fall back to 'eng'."""
+        mock_pytesseract = MagicMock()
+        mock_pytesseract.image_to_string.return_value = "Test"
+        mock_pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = ""
+
+        mock_img = MagicMock()
+        mock_img.mode = "RGB"
+        mock_img.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=mock_img)
+        mock_img.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=False)
+
+        with patch.dict(sys.modules, {"pytesseract": mock_pytesseract}):
+            with patch("app.services.ocr_service.Image") as mock_pil:
+                mock_pil.open.return_value = mock_img
+                result = ocr_image("/fake/path.png", lang="zzzz")
+
+        assert result["lang"] == "eng"
+
+
+class TestPdfEditorService:
+    def test_no_edits_raises(self):
+        """Should raise PDFEditorError when no edits provided."""
+        from app.services.pdf_editor_service import apply_pdf_edits, PDFEditorError
+        with pytest.raises(PDFEditorError, match="No edits"):
+            apply_pdf_edits("/fake.pdf", "/out.pdf", [])
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_pdf_editor.py b/backend/tests/test_pdf_editor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adf39df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_pdf_editor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+"""Tests for PDF editor route — /api/pdf-editor/edit."""
+import io
+import json
+import os
+import tempfile
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+from tests.conftest import make_pdf_bytes
+
+
+# =========================================================================
+# Feature flag enforcement
+# =========================================================================
+class TestPdfEditorFeatureFlag:
+    def test_pdf_editor_disabled_by_default(self, client):
+        """Should return 403 when FEATURE_EDITOR is off."""
+        data = {
+            "file": (io.BytesIO(make_pdf_bytes()), "doc.pdf"),
+            "edits": json.dumps([{"type": "text", "page": 1, "x": 100, "y": 200, "content": "Hello"}]),
+        }
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/pdf-editor/edit",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 403
+        assert "not enabled" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+
+# =========================================================================
+# Validation
+# =========================================================================
+class TestPdfEditorValidation:
+    def test_pdf_editor_no_file(self, client, app):
+        """Should return 400 when no file provided."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        response = client.post("/api/pdf-editor/edit")
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert "No file" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+    def test_pdf_editor_invalid_json(self, client, app):
+        """Should return 400 when edits is invalid JSON."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        data = {
+            "file": (io.BytesIO(make_pdf_bytes()), "doc.pdf"),
+            "edits": "not valid json{",
+        }
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/pdf-editor/edit",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert "Invalid JSON" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+    def test_pdf_editor_edits_not_array(self, client, app):
+        """Should return 400 when edits is not an array."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        data = {
+            "file": (io.BytesIO(make_pdf_bytes()), "doc.pdf"),
+            "edits": json.dumps({"type": "text"}),
+        }
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/pdf-editor/edit",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert "JSON array" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+    def test_pdf_editor_empty_edits(self, client, app):
+        """Should return 400 when edits array is empty."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        data = {
+            "file": (io.BytesIO(make_pdf_bytes()), "doc.pdf"),
+            "edits": json.dumps([]),
+        }
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/pdf-editor/edit",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert "At least one edit" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+    def test_pdf_editor_too_many_edits(self, client, app):
+        """Should return 400 when more than 500 edits."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        edits = [{"type": "text", "page": 1, "x": 10, "y": 10, "content": "x"}] * 501
+        data = {
+            "file": (io.BytesIO(make_pdf_bytes()), "doc.pdf"),
+            "edits": json.dumps(edits),
+        }
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/pdf-editor/edit",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert "500" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+
+# =========================================================================
+# Success paths
+# =========================================================================
+class TestPdfEditorSuccess:
+    def test_pdf_editor_success(self, client, app, monkeypatch):
+        """Should return 202 with task_id when valid request provided."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        mock_task = MagicMock()
+        mock_task.id = "edit-task-1"
+
+        tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        save_path = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "mock.pdf")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.pdf_editor.validate_actor_file",
+            lambda f, allowed_types, actor: ("doc.pdf", "pdf"),
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.pdf_editor.generate_safe_path",
+            lambda ext, folder_type: ("mock-id", save_path),
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.pdf_editor.edit_pdf_task.delay",
+            MagicMock(return_value=mock_task),
+        )
+
+        edits = [
+            {"type": "text", "page": 1, "x": 100, "y": 200, "content": "Hello World", "fontSize": 14},
+        ]
+        data = {
+            "file": (io.BytesIO(make_pdf_bytes()), "doc.pdf"),
+            "edits": json.dumps(edits),
+        }
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/pdf-editor/edit",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 202
+        body = response.get_json()
+        assert body["task_id"] == "edit-task-1"
+        assert "PDF editing started" in body["message"]
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_removebg.py b/backend/tests/test_removebg.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7892bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_removebg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+"""Tests for background removal route — /api/remove-bg."""
+import io
+import os
+import tempfile
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+from tests.conftest import make_png_bytes, make_pdf_bytes
+
+
+# =========================================================================
+# Feature flag enforcement
+# =========================================================================
+class TestRemoveBgFeatureFlag:
+    def test_removebg_disabled_by_default(self, client):
+        """Should return 403 when FEATURE_EDITOR is off."""
+        data = {"file": (io.BytesIO(make_png_bytes()), "photo.png")}
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/remove-bg",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 403
+        assert "not enabled" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+
+# =========================================================================
+# Validation
+# =========================================================================
+class TestRemoveBgValidation:
+    def test_removebg_no_file(self, client, app):
+        """Should return 400 when no file provided."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        response = client.post("/api/remove-bg")
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert "No file" in response.get_json()["error"]
+
+
+# =========================================================================
+# Success paths
+# =========================================================================
+class TestRemoveBgSuccess:
+    def test_removebg_success(self, client, app, monkeypatch):
+        """Should return 202 with task_id when valid image provided."""
+        app.config["FEATURE_EDITOR"] = True
+        mock_task = MagicMock()
+        mock_task.id = "rembg-task-1"
+
+        tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        save_path = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "mock.png")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.removebg.validate_actor_file",
+            lambda f, allowed_types, actor: ("photo.png", "png"),
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.removebg.generate_safe_path",
+            lambda ext, folder_type: ("mock-id", save_path),
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "app.routes.removebg.remove_bg_task.delay",
+            MagicMock(return_value=mock_task),
+        )
+
+        data = {"file": (io.BytesIO(make_png_bytes()), "photo.png")}
+        response = client.post(
+            "/api/remove-bg",
+            data=data,
+            content_type="multipart/form-data",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 202
+        body = response.get_json()
+        assert body["task_id"] == "rembg-task-1"
+        assert "Background removal started" in body["message"]
diff --git a/docs/feature-editor.md b/docs/feature-editor.md
index 471ce29..8f7dc71 100644
--- a/docs/feature-editor.md
+++ b/docs/feature-editor.md
@@ -118,6 +118,118 @@ Features:
 - `src/pages/HomePage.tsx` — Image Resize tool card
 - `src/pages/AccountPage.tsx` — "Forgot password?" link
 - `src/utils/fileRouting.ts` — imageResize in tool list
+
+---
+
+## Block B — OCR, Background Removal, PDF Editor (Sprint 2)
+
+All Block B routes are gated behind `FEATURE_EDITOR=true`. Returns 403 when disabled.
+
+### B1 — OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
+
+**Backend:**
+- Service: `app/services/ocr_service.py` — `ocr_image()`, `ocr_pdf()` using pytesseract
+- Tasks: `app/tasks/ocr_tasks.py` — `ocr_image_task`, `ocr_pdf_task`
+- Route: `app/routes/ocr.py` — Blueprint `ocr_bp` at `/api/ocr`
+
+| Method | Path | Rate limit | Description |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `POST` | `/api/ocr/image` | 10/min | Extract text from image |
+| `POST` | `/api/ocr/pdf` | 5/min | Extract text from scanned PDF |
+| `GET` | `/api/ocr/languages` | — | List supported OCR languages |
+
+Supported languages: English (`eng`), Arabic (`ara`), French (`fra`).
+
+**Frontend:** `src/components/tools/OcrTool.tsx` — `/tools/ocr`
+- Mode selector (Image / PDF), language selector, text preview with copy, download.
+
+### B2 — Background Removal
+
+**Backend:**
+- Service: `app/services/removebg_service.py` — `remove_background()` using rembg + onnxruntime
+- Task: `app/tasks/removebg_tasks.py` — `remove_bg_task`
+- Route: `app/routes/removebg.py` — Blueprint `removebg_bp` at `/api/remove-bg`
+
+| Method | Path | Rate limit | Description |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `POST` | `/api/remove-bg` | 5/min | Remove background (outputs transparent PNG) |
+
+**Frontend:** `src/components/tools/RemoveBackground.tsx` — `/tools/remove-background`
+- Upload image → AI processing → download PNG with transparency.
+
+### B3 — PDF Editor (Text Annotations)
+
+**Backend:**
+- Service: `app/services/pdf_editor_service.py` — `apply_pdf_edits()` using ReportLab overlay + PyPDF2
+- Task: `app/tasks/pdf_editor_tasks.py` — `edit_pdf_task`
+- Route: `app/routes/pdf_editor.py` — Blueprint `pdf_editor_bp` at `/api/pdf-editor`
+
+| Method | Path | Rate limit | Description |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `POST` | `/api/pdf-editor/edit` | 10/min | Apply text annotations to PDF |
+
+Accepts `file` (PDF) + `edits` (JSON array, max 500). Each edit: `{ type, page, x, y, content, fontSize, color }`.
+
+### DevOps Changes
+
+**Dependencies added** (`requirements.txt`):
+- `pytesseract>=0.3.10,<1.0`
+- `rembg>=2.0,<3.0`
+- `onnxruntime>=1.16,<2.0`
+
+**Dockerfile:** Added `tesseract-ocr`, `tesseract-ocr-eng`, `tesseract-ocr-ara`, `tesseract-ocr-fra` to apt-get.
+
+**Celery task routing** (`extensions.py`):
+- `ocr_tasks.*` → `image` queue
+- `removebg_tasks.*` → `image` queue
+- `pdf_editor_tasks.*` → `pdf_tools` queue
+
+### Block B Test Coverage
+
+| File | Tests | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| `test_ocr.py` | 8 | ✅ Passed |
+| `test_removebg.py` | 3 | ✅ Passed |
+| `test_pdf_editor.py` | 7 | ✅ Passed |
+| `test_ocr_service.py` | 4 | ✅ Passed |
+| **Full suite** | **180** | **✅ All passed** |
+
+### Block B Files Created
+
+**Backend — New:**
+- `app/services/ocr_service.py`
+- `app/services/removebg_service.py`
+- `app/services/pdf_editor_service.py`
+- `app/tasks/ocr_tasks.py`
+- `app/tasks/removebg_tasks.py`
+- `app/tasks/pdf_editor_tasks.py`
+- `app/routes/ocr.py`
+- `app/routes/removebg.py`
+- `app/routes/pdf_editor.py`
+- `tests/test_ocr.py`
+- `tests/test_removebg.py`
+- `tests/test_pdf_editor.py`
+- `tests/test_ocr_service.py`
+
+**Frontend — New:**
+- `src/components/tools/OcrTool.tsx`
+- `src/components/tools/RemoveBackground.tsx`
+
+**Backend — Modified:**
+- `app/__init__.py` — registered 3 new blueprints (18 total)
+- `app/extensions.py` — 3 new task routing rules
+- `celery_worker.py` — 3 new task module imports
+- `requirements.txt` — pytesseract, rembg, onnxruntime
+- `Dockerfile` — tesseract-ocr packages
+
+**Frontend — Modified:**
+- `src/App.tsx` — 2 new lazy routes (`/tools/ocr`, `/tools/remove-background`)
+- `src/pages/HomePage.tsx` — OCR + RemoveBG tool cards
+- `src/utils/fileRouting.ts` — OCR + RemoveBG in tool arrays
+- `src/i18n/en.json` — `tools.ocr` + `tools.removeBg` keys
+- `src/i18n/ar.json` — Arabic translations
+- `src/i18n/fr.json` — French translations
+- `src/services/api.ts` — `text` + `char_count` added to `TaskResult`
 - `src/i18n/en.json`, `ar.json`, `fr.json` — new keys
 
 ### Infrastructure
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index da60294..2d2f7a9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ const AddPageNumbers = lazy(() => import('@/components/tools/AddPageNumbers'));
 const PdfEditor = lazy(() => import('@/components/tools/PdfEditor'));
 const PdfFlowchart = lazy(() => import('@/components/tools/PdfFlowchart'));
 const ImageResize = lazy(() => import('@/components/tools/ImageResize'));
+const OcrTool = lazy(() => import('@/components/tools/OcrTool'));
+const RemoveBackground = lazy(() => import('@/components/tools/RemoveBackground'));
 
 function LoadingFallback() {
   return (
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ export default function App() {
             {/* Image Tools */}
             <Route path="/tools/image-converter" element={<ImageConverter />} />
             <Route path="/tools/image-resize" element={<ImageResize />} />
+            <Route path="/tools/ocr" element={<OcrTool />} />
+            <Route path="/tools/remove-background" element={<RemoveBackground />} />
 
             {/* Video Tools */}
             <Route path="/tools/video-to-gif" element={<VideoToGif />} />
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/tools/OcrTool.tsx b/frontend/src/components/tools/OcrTool.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03e5542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/tools/OcrTool.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet-async';
+import { ScanText } from 'lucide-react';
+import FileUploader from '@/components/shared/FileUploader';
+import ProgressBar from '@/components/shared/ProgressBar';
+import DownloadButton from '@/components/shared/DownloadButton';
+import AdSlot from '@/components/layout/AdSlot';
+import { useFileUpload } from '@/hooks/useFileUpload';
+import { useTaskPolling } from '@/hooks/useTaskPolling';
+import { generateToolSchema } from '@/utils/seo';
+import { useFileStore } from '@/stores/fileStore';
+import { useConfig } from '@/hooks/useConfig';
+
+type OcrMode = 'image' | 'pdf';
+
+const LANGUAGES = [
+  { value: 'eng', label: 'English' },
+  { value: 'ara', label: 'العربية' },
+  { value: 'fra', label: 'Français' },
+];
+
+export default function OcrTool() {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { limits } = useConfig();
+  const [phase, setPhase] = useState<'upload' | 'processing' | 'done'>('upload');
+  const [lang, setLang] = useState('eng');
+  const [mode, setMode] = useState<OcrMode>('image');
+  const [extractedText, setExtractedText] = useState('');
+
+  const endpoint = mode === 'pdf' ? '/ocr/pdf' : '/ocr/image';
+  const maxSize = mode === 'pdf' ? (limits.pdf ?? 20) : (limits.image ?? 10);
+
+  const {
+    file, uploadProgress, isUploading, taskId,
+    error: uploadError, selectFile, startUpload, reset,
+  } = useFileUpload({
+    endpoint,
+    maxSizeMB: maxSize,
+    acceptedTypes: mode === 'pdf' ? ['pdf'] : ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'webp', 'tiff', 'bmp'],
+    extraData: { lang },
+  });
+
+  const { status, result, error: taskError } = useTaskPolling({
+    taskId,
+    onComplete: () => setPhase('done'),
+    onError: () => setPhase('done'),
+  });
+
+  // Accept file from homepage smart upload
+  const storeFile = useFileStore((s) => s.file);
+  const clearStoreFile = useFileStore((s) => s.clearFile);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (storeFile) {
+      const ext = storeFile.name.split('.').pop()?.toLowerCase() ?? '';
+      if (ext === 'pdf') setMode('pdf');
+      else setMode('image');
+      selectFile(storeFile);
+      clearStoreFile();
+    }
+  }, []); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (result?.text) setExtractedText(result.text);
+  }, [result]);
+
+  const handleUpload = async () => {
+    const id = await startUpload();
+    if (id) setPhase('processing');
+  };
+
+  const handleReset = () => {
+    reset();
+    setPhase('upload');
+    setExtractedText('');
+  };
+
+  const handleCopyText = () => {
+    navigator.clipboard.writeText(extractedText);
+  };
+
+  const acceptMap: Record<string, string[]> = mode === 'pdf'
+    ? { 'application/pdf': ['.pdf'] }
+    : {
+        'image/png': ['.png'],
+        'image/jpeg': ['.jpg', '.jpeg'],
+        'image/webp': ['.webp'],
+        'image/tiff': ['.tiff'],
+        'image/bmp': ['.bmp'],
+      };
+
+  const schema = generateToolSchema({
+    name: t('tools.ocr.title'),
+    description: t('tools.ocr.description'),
+    url: `${window.location.origin}/tools/ocr`,
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Helmet>
+        <title>{t('tools.ocr.title')} — {t('common.appName')}</title>
+        <meta name="description" content={t('tools.ocr.description')} />
+        <link rel="canonical" href={`${window.location.origin}/tools/ocr`} />
+        <script type="application/ld+json">{JSON.stringify(schema)}</script>
+      </Helmet>
+
+      <div className="mx-auto max-w-2xl">
+        <div className="mb-8 text-center">
+          <div className="mx-auto mb-4 flex h-16 w-16 items-center justify-center rounded-2xl bg-amber-100">
+            <ScanText className="h-8 w-8 text-amber-600" />
+          </div>
+          <h1 className="section-heading">{t('tools.ocr.title')}</h1>
+          <p className="mt-2 text-slate-500">{t('tools.ocr.description')}</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <AdSlot slot="top-banner" format="horizontal" className="mb-6" />
+
+        {phase === 'upload' && (
+          <div className="space-y-4">
+            {/* Mode selector */}
+            <div>
+              <label className="mb-2 block text-sm font-medium text-slate-700 dark:text-slate-300">
+                {t('tools.ocr.sourceType')}
+              </label>
+              <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
+                {(['image', 'pdf'] as OcrMode[]).map((m) => (
+                  <button
+                    key={m}
+                    onClick={() => { setMode(m); reset(); }}
+                    className={`rounded-xl p-3 text-center ring-1 transition-all ${
+                      mode === m
+                        ? 'bg-primary-50 ring-primary-300 text-primary-700 font-semibold dark:bg-primary-900/30 dark:ring-primary-700 dark:text-primary-300'
+                        : 'bg-white ring-slate-200 text-slate-600 hover:bg-slate-50 dark:bg-slate-800 dark:ring-slate-700 dark:text-slate-400'
+                    }`}
+                  >
+                    {m === 'image' ? t('tools.ocr.modeImage') : t('tools.ocr.modePdf')}
+                  </button>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <FileUploader
+              onFileSelect={selectFile}
+              file={file}
+              accept={acceptMap}
+              maxSizeMB={maxSize}
+              isUploading={isUploading}
+              uploadProgress={uploadProgress}
+              error={uploadError}
+              onReset={handleReset}
+              acceptLabel={mode === 'pdf' ? 'PDF' : 'Images (PNG, JPG, WebP, TIFF, BMP)'}
+            />
+
+            {file && !isUploading && (
+              <>
+                {/* Language selector */}
+                <div>
+                  <label className="mb-2 block text-sm font-medium text-slate-700 dark:text-slate-300">
+                    {t('tools.ocr.language')}
+                  </label>
+                  <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-3">
+                    {LANGUAGES.map((l) => (
+                      <button
+                        key={l.value}
+                        onClick={() => setLang(l.value)}
+                        className={`rounded-xl p-3 text-center ring-1 transition-all ${
+                          lang === l.value
+                            ? 'bg-primary-50 ring-primary-300 text-primary-700 font-semibold dark:bg-primary-900/30 dark:ring-primary-700 dark:text-primary-300'
+                            : 'bg-white ring-slate-200 text-slate-600 hover:bg-slate-50 dark:bg-slate-800 dark:ring-slate-700 dark:text-slate-400'
+                        }`}
+                      >
+                        {l.label}
+                      </button>
+                    ))}
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+
+                <button
+                  onClick={handleUpload}
+                  className="btn-primary w-full"
+                >
+                  {t('tools.ocr.extract')}
+                </button>
+              </>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {phase === 'processing' && (
+          <div className="space-y-4">
+            <ProgressBar
+              state={status?.state || 'PENDING'}
+              message={status?.progress}
+            />
+            {taskError && (
+              <div className="rounded-xl bg-red-50 p-4 text-red-600 dark:bg-red-900/20 dark:text-red-400">
+                {taskError}
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {phase === 'done' && result?.status === 'completed' && (
+          <div className="space-y-4">
+            <div className="rounded-xl border border-green-200 bg-green-50 p-6 dark:border-green-800 dark:bg-green-900/20">
+              <p className="mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-green-700 dark:text-green-400">
+                {t('tools.ocr.charsExtracted', { count: result.char_count ?? 0 })}
+              </p>
+              <textarea
+                readOnly
+                value={extractedText}
+                rows={12}
+                className="w-full rounded-lg border border-slate-200 bg-white p-3 text-sm text-slate-800 dark:border-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-800 dark:text-slate-200"
+              />
+              <div className="mt-3 flex gap-3">
+                <button onClick={handleCopyText} className="btn-secondary flex-1">
+                  {t('tools.ocr.copyText')}
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            {result.download_url && (
+              <DownloadButton result={result} onStartOver={handleReset} />
+            )}
+            <button onClick={handleReset} className="btn-secondary w-full">
+              {t('common.processAnother')}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {phase === 'done' && result?.status === 'failed' && (
+          <div className="space-y-4">
+            <div className="rounded-xl bg-red-50 p-4 text-red-600 dark:bg-red-900/20 dark:text-red-400">
+              {result.error || t('common.genericError')}
+            </div>
+            <button onClick={handleReset} className="btn-secondary w-full">
+              {t('common.tryAgain')}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        <AdSlot slot="bottom-banner" format="horizontal" className="mt-6" />
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/tools/RemoveBackground.tsx b/frontend/src/components/tools/RemoveBackground.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77a82d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/tools/RemoveBackground.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet-async';
+import { Eraser } from 'lucide-react';
+import FileUploader from '@/components/shared/FileUploader';
+import ProgressBar from '@/components/shared/ProgressBar';
+import DownloadButton from '@/components/shared/DownloadButton';
+import AdSlot from '@/components/layout/AdSlot';
+import { useFileUpload } from '@/hooks/useFileUpload';
+import { useTaskPolling } from '@/hooks/useTaskPolling';
+import { generateToolSchema } from '@/utils/seo';
+import { useFileStore } from '@/stores/fileStore';
+import { useConfig } from '@/hooks/useConfig';
+
+export default function RemoveBackground() {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { limits } = useConfig();
+  const [phase, setPhase] = useState<'upload' | 'processing' | 'done'>('upload');
+
+  const {
+    file, uploadProgress, isUploading, taskId,
+    error: uploadError, selectFile, startUpload, reset,
+  } = useFileUpload({
+    endpoint: '/remove-bg',
+    maxSizeMB: limits.image ?? 10,
+    acceptedTypes: ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'webp'],
+  });
+
+  const { status, result, error: taskError } = useTaskPolling({
+    taskId,
+    onComplete: () => setPhase('done'),
+    onError: () => setPhase('done'),
+  });
+
+  // Accept file from homepage smart upload
+  const storeFile = useFileStore((s) => s.file);
+  const clearStoreFile = useFileStore((s) => s.clearFile);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (storeFile) {
+      selectFile(storeFile);
+      clearStoreFile();
+    }
+  }, []); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+
+  const handleUpload = async () => {
+    const id = await startUpload();
+    if (id) setPhase('processing');
+  };
+
+  const handleReset = () => {
+    reset();
+    setPhase('upload');
+  };
+
+  const schema = generateToolSchema({
+    name: t('tools.removeBg.title'),
+    description: t('tools.removeBg.description'),
+    url: `${window.location.origin}/tools/remove-background`,
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Helmet>
+        <title>{t('tools.removeBg.title')} — {t('common.appName')}</title>
+        <meta name="description" content={t('tools.removeBg.description')} />
+        <link rel="canonical" href={`${window.location.origin}/tools/remove-background`} />
+        <script type="application/ld+json">{JSON.stringify(schema)}</script>
+      </Helmet>
+
+      <div className="mx-auto max-w-2xl">
+        <div className="mb-8 text-center">
+          <div className="mx-auto mb-4 flex h-16 w-16 items-center justify-center rounded-2xl bg-fuchsia-100">
+            <Eraser className="h-8 w-8 text-fuchsia-600" />
+          </div>
+          <h1 className="section-heading">{t('tools.removeBg.title')}</h1>
+          <p className="mt-2 text-slate-500">{t('tools.removeBg.description')}</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <AdSlot slot="top-banner" format="horizontal" className="mb-6" />
+
+        {phase === 'upload' && (
+          <div className="space-y-4">
+            <FileUploader
+              onFileSelect={selectFile}
+              file={file}
+              accept={{
+                'image/png': ['.png'],
+                'image/jpeg': ['.jpg', '.jpeg'],
+                'image/webp': ['.webp'],
+              }}
+              maxSizeMB={limits.image ?? 10}
+              isUploading={isUploading}
+              uploadProgress={uploadProgress}
+              error={uploadError}
+              onReset={handleReset}
+              acceptLabel="Images (PNG, JPG, WebP)"
+            />
+
+            {file && !isUploading && (
+              <button onClick={handleUpload} className="btn-primary w-full">
+                {t('tools.removeBg.remove')}
+              </button>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {phase === 'processing' && (
+          <div className="space-y-4">
+            <ProgressBar
+              state={status?.state || 'PENDING'}
+              message={status?.progress}
+            />
+            {taskError && (
+              <div className="rounded-xl bg-red-50 p-4 text-red-600 dark:bg-red-900/20 dark:text-red-400">
+                {taskError}
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {phase === 'done' && result?.status === 'completed' && (
+          <div className="space-y-4">
+            <div className="rounded-xl border border-green-200 bg-green-50 p-6 text-center dark:border-green-800 dark:bg-green-900/20">
+              <p className="mb-4 text-green-700 dark:text-green-400">
+                {t('tools.removeBg.success')}
+              </p>
+            </div>
+            <DownloadButton result={result} onStartOver={handleReset} />
+            <button onClick={handleReset} className="btn-secondary w-full">
+              {t('common.processAnother')}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {phase === 'done' && result?.status === 'failed' && (
+          <div className="space-y-4">
+            <div className="rounded-xl bg-red-50 p-4 text-red-600 dark:bg-red-900/20 dark:text-red-400">
+              {result.error || t('common.genericError')}
+            </div>
+            <button onClick={handleReset} className="btn-secondary w-full">
+              {t('common.tryAgain')}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        <AdSlot slot="bottom-banner" format="horizontal" className="mt-6" />
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/ar.json b/frontend/src/i18n/ar.json
index 1713604..3a367d2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/ar.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/ar.json
@@ -110,6 +110,25 @@
       "lockAspect": "قفل نسبة العرض للارتفاع",
       "aspectHint": "أدخل بُعداً واحداً — سيتم حساب الآخر تلقائياً للحفاظ على نسبة العرض للارتفاع."
     },
+    "ocr": {
+      "title": "OCR — التعرف على النصوص",
+      "description": "استخرج النصوص من الصور ومستندات PDF الممسوحة ضوئياً باستخدام التعرف الضوئي على الحروف.",
+      "shortDesc": "استخراج نص",
+      "sourceType": "نوع المصدر",
+      "modeImage": "صورة",
+      "modePdf": "PDF",
+      "language": "لغة التعرف",
+      "extract": "استخراج النص",
+      "charsExtracted": "تم استخراج {{count}} حرف",
+      "copyText": "نسخ النص"
+    },
+    "removeBg": {
+      "title": "إزالة الخلفية",
+      "description": "أزل خلفية الصور تلقائياً بالذكاء الاصطناعي. احصل على صورة PNG شفافة في ثوانٍ.",
+      "shortDesc": "إزالة الخلفية",
+      "remove": "إزالة الخلفية",
+      "success": "تمت إزالة الخلفية بنجاح!"
+    },
     "videoToGif": {
       "title": "فيديو إلى GIF",
       "description": "أنشئ صور GIF متحركة من مقاطع الفيديو. خصّص وقت البداية والمدة والجودة.",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/en.json b/frontend/src/i18n/en.json
index 7f4cd91..d003121 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -110,6 +110,25 @@
       "lockAspect": "Lock aspect ratio",
       "aspectHint": "Enter one dimension — the other will auto-calculate to preserve aspect ratio."
     },
+    "ocr": {
+      "title": "OCR — Text Recognition",
+      "description": "Extract text from images and scanned PDF documents using optical character recognition.",
+      "shortDesc": "Extract Text",
+      "sourceType": "Source Type",
+      "modeImage": "Image",
+      "modePdf": "PDF",
+      "language": "OCR Language",
+      "extract": "Extract Text",
+      "charsExtracted": "{{count}} characters extracted",
+      "copyText": "Copy Text"
+    },
+    "removeBg": {
+      "title": "Remove Background",
+      "description": "Remove the background from images automatically using AI. Get a transparent PNG in seconds.",
+      "shortDesc": "Remove BG",
+      "remove": "Remove Background",
+      "success": "Background removed successfully!"
+    },
     "videoToGif": {
       "title": "Video to GIF",
       "description": "Create animated GIFs from video clips. Customize start time, duration, and quality.",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/fr.json b/frontend/src/i18n/fr.json
index fc68e5d..26f7a31 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/fr.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/fr.json
@@ -110,6 +110,25 @@
       "lockAspect": "Verrouiller le rapport d'aspect",
       "aspectHint": "Entrez une dimension — l'autre sera calculée automatiquement pour préserver le rapport d'aspect."
     },
+    "ocr": {
+      "title": "OCR — Reconnaissance de texte",
+      "description": "Extrayez le texte des images et des documents PDF numérisés grâce à la reconnaissance optique de caractères.",
+      "shortDesc": "Extraire le texte",
+      "sourceType": "Type de source",
+      "modeImage": "Image",
+      "modePdf": "PDF",
+      "language": "Langue OCR",
+      "extract": "Extraire le texte",
+      "charsExtracted": "{{count}} caractères extraits",
+      "copyText": "Copier le texte"
+    },
+    "removeBg": {
+      "title": "Supprimer l'arrière-plan",
+      "description": "Supprimez l'arrière-plan des images automatiquement grâce à l'IA. Obtenez un PNG transparent en quelques secondes.",
+      "shortDesc": "Suppr. arrière-plan",
+      "remove": "Supprimer l'arrière-plan",
+      "success": "Arrière-plan supprimé avec succès !"
+    },
     "videoToGif": {
       "title": "Vidéo en GIF",
       "description": "Créez des GIFs animés à partir de clips vidéo. Personnalisez le temps de début, la durée et la qualité.",
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/HomePage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
index d96222a..3165bbe 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   PenLine,
   GitBranch,
   Scaling,
+  ScanText,
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import ToolCard from '@/components/shared/ToolCard';
 import HeroUploadZone from '@/components/shared/HeroUploadZone';
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ const pdfTools: ToolInfo[] = [
 const otherTools: ToolInfo[] = [
   { key: 'imageConvert', path: '/tools/image-converter', icon: <ImageIcon className="h-6 w-6 text-purple-600" />, bgColor: 'bg-purple-50' },
   { key: 'imageResize', path: '/tools/image-resize', icon: <Scaling className="h-6 w-6 text-teal-600" />, bgColor: 'bg-teal-50' },
+  { key: 'ocr', path: '/tools/ocr', icon: <ScanText className="h-6 w-6 text-amber-600" />, bgColor: 'bg-amber-50' },
+  { key: 'removeBg', path: '/tools/remove-background', icon: <Eraser className="h-6 w-6 text-fuchsia-600" />, bgColor: 'bg-fuchsia-50' },
   { key: 'videoToGif', path: '/tools/video-to-gif', icon: <Film className="h-6 w-6 text-emerald-600" />, bgColor: 'bg-emerald-50' },
   { key: 'wordCounter', path: '/tools/word-counter', icon: <Hash className="h-6 w-6 text-blue-600" />, bgColor: 'bg-blue-50' },
   { key: 'textCleaner', path: '/tools/text-cleaner', icon: <Eraser className="h-6 w-6 text-indigo-600" />, bgColor: 'bg-indigo-50' },
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/api.ts b/frontend/src/services/api.ts
index 74ae9de..5376c67 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/api.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ export interface TaskResult {
   pages?: Array<{ page: number; text: string }>;
   procedures_count?: number;
   total_pages?: number;
+  // OCR-specific fields
+  text?: string;
+  char_count?: number;
 }
 
 export interface AuthUser {
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/fileRouting.ts b/frontend/src/utils/fileRouting.ts
index 2064816..ea0c736 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/fileRouting.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/fileRouting.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   PenLine,
   GitBranch,
   Scaling,
+  ScanText,
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import type { ComponentType, SVGProps } from 'react';
 
@@ -46,12 +47,15 @@ const pdfTools: ToolOption[] = [
   { key: 'pageNumbers', path: '/tools/page-numbers', icon: ListOrdered, bgColor: 'bg-sky-100 dark:bg-sky-900/30', iconColor: 'text-sky-600 dark:text-sky-400' },
   { key: 'pdfEditor', path: '/tools/pdf-editor', icon: PenLine, bgColor: 'bg-rose-100 dark:bg-rose-900/30', iconColor: 'text-rose-600 dark:text-rose-400' },
   { key: 'pdfFlowchart', path: '/tools/pdf-flowchart', icon: GitBranch, bgColor: 'bg-indigo-100 dark:bg-indigo-900/30', iconColor: 'text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400' },
+  { key: 'ocr', path: '/tools/ocr', icon: ScanText, bgColor: 'bg-amber-100 dark:bg-amber-900/30', iconColor: 'text-amber-600 dark:text-amber-400' },
 ];
 
 /** Image tools available when an image is uploaded */
 const imageTools: ToolOption[] = [
   { key: 'imageConvert', path: '/tools/image-converter', icon: ImageIcon, bgColor: 'bg-purple-100 dark:bg-purple-900/30', iconColor: 'text-purple-600 dark:text-purple-400' },
   { key: 'imageResize', path: '/tools/image-resize', icon: Scaling, bgColor: 'bg-teal-100 dark:bg-teal-900/30', iconColor: 'text-teal-600 dark:text-teal-400' },
+  { key: 'ocr', path: '/tools/ocr', icon: ScanText, bgColor: 'bg-amber-100 dark:bg-amber-900/30', iconColor: 'text-amber-600 dark:text-amber-400' },
+  { key: 'removeBg', path: '/tools/remove-background', icon: ImageIcon, bgColor: 'bg-fuchsia-100 dark:bg-fuchsia-900/30', iconColor: 'text-fuchsia-600 dark:text-fuchsia-400' },
   { key: 'imagesToPdf', path: '/tools/images-to-pdf', icon: FileImage, bgColor: 'bg-lime-100 dark:bg-lime-900/30', iconColor: 'text-lime-600 dark:text-lime-400' },
 ];