diff --git a/bot/api.py b/bot/api.py
index 166c800..436ae37 100644
--- a/bot/api.py
+++ b/bot/api.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import aiohttp
+import aiofiles
+import os
 import json
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from bot.config import BOT_TOKEN
@@ -7,7 +9,6 @@ import logging
 # Create a logger instance
 logger = logging.getLogger("bot.api")
 
-
 api_base = f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{BOT_TOKEN}/"
 
 
@@ -31,3 +32,23 @@ async def telegram_api(endpoint: str, json_data=None, **kwargs):
         import traceback
 
         traceback.print_exc()
+
+
+async def download_file(file_id):
+    """Asynchronously download a file from Telegram and yield the temporary file path."""
+    download_url = f"{api_base}/{file_path}"
+
+    # Get the file path of the file using the telegram_api method
+    file = await telegram_api("getFile", file_id=file_id)
+    file_path = file["result"]["file_path"]
+    
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        async with session.get(download_url) as response:
+            if response.status == 200:
+                # Save the downloaded file to a temporary location
+                async with aiofiles.tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=True) as temp_file:
+                    await temp_file.write(await response.read())
+                    await temp_file.flush()
+                    yield temp_file.name  # Yield the path of the temporary file
+            else:
+                raise Exception(f"Failed to download file: {response.status}")
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diff --git a/handlers/messages_routing.py b/handlers/messages_routing.py
index 3aa7b28..3cae9af 100644
--- a/handlers/messages_routing.py
+++ b/handlers/messages_routing.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from bot.config import FEEDBACK_CHAT_ID
 from handlers.handle_private import handle_private
 from nlp.toxicity_detector import detector
 from nlp.normalize import normalize
+from nlp.ocr import ocr_recognize
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("handlers.messages_routing")
 
@@ -14,7 +15,15 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("handlers.messages_routing")
 async def messages_routing(msg, state):
     cid = msg["chat"]["id"]
     uid = msg["from"]["id"]
-    text = msg.get("text", msg.get("caption"))
+    text = msg.get("caption", msg.get("text", ""))
+
+    for photo in msg.get("photo", [])
+        file_id = photo.get("file_id")
+        if file_id:
+            async for temp_file_path in download_file(file_id):
+                text += ocr_recognize(temp_file_path)
+                text += '\n'
+
     reply_msg = msg.get("reply_to_message")
 
     if cid == uid:
diff --git a/nlp/ocr.py b/nlp/ocr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..924ec24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nlp/ocr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import easyocr
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("[ocr] ")
+
+# Initialize the EasyOCR reader
+reader = easyocr.Reader(['ru'])  # Specify the languages you want to support
+
+def ocr_recognize(file_path):
+    # Use EasyOCR to detect text in the photo
+    result = reader.readtext(file_path)
+
+    # Extract the recognized text from the result
+    recognized_text = ' '.join([text for text, _, _ in result])
+    logger.debug(f'recognized_text: {recognized_text}')
+    return recognized_text
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a0269bf..015ce7c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ redis[hiredis]
 aiohttp
 torch
 transformers
+easyocr
 # protobuf
 # sentencepiece
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