diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/media.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/media.tsx
index 098e71176f..ebdb179289 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/media.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/media.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+
 import { t } from "../../../services/i18n";
+import server from "../../../services/server";
+import toast from "../../../services/toast";
 import { FormTextBoxWithUnit } from "../../react/FormTextBox";
 import FormToggle from "../../react/FormToggle";
 import { useTriliumOption, useTriliumOptionBool } from "../../react/hooks";
@@ -92,6 +96,83 @@ function OcrSettings() {
                     onChange={setOcrMinConfidence}
                 />
             </OptionsRow>
+
+            <BatchProcessing />
         </OptionsSection>
     );
 }
+
+interface BatchProgress {
+    inProgress: boolean;
+    total: number;
+    processed: number;
+    percentage?: number;
+}
+
+function BatchProcessing() {
+    const [ progress, setProgress ] = useState<BatchProgress | null>(null);
+    const pollingRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setInterval>>(null);
+
+    const pollProgress = useCallback(() => {
+        server.get<BatchProgress>("ocr/batch-progress").then((data) => {
+            setProgress(data);
+            if (!data.inProgress && pollingRef.current) {
+                clearInterval(pollingRef.current);
+                pollingRef.current = null;
+                toast.showMessage(t("images.batch_ocr_completed", { processed: data.processed }));
+            }
+        });
+    }, []);
+
+    // Clean up polling on unmount.
+    useEffect(() => {
+        return () => {
+            if (pollingRef.current) {
+                clearInterval(pollingRef.current);
+            }
+        };
+    }, []);
+
+    async function startBatch() {
+        try {
+            const result = await server.post<{ success: boolean; message?: string }>("ocr/batch-process");
+            if (result.success) {
+                toast.showMessage(t("images.batch_ocr_starting"));
+                pollingRef.current = setInterval(pollProgress, 2000);
+                pollProgress();
+            } else {
+                toast.showError(result.message || t("images.batch_ocr_error", { error: "Unknown" }));
+            }
+        } catch {
+            // Server errors are already shown as toasts by server.ts.
+        }
+    }
+
+    const isRunning = progress?.inProgress ?? false;
+
+    return (
+        <OptionsRow name="batch-ocr" label={t("images.batch_ocr_title")} description={t("images.batch_ocr_description")}>
+            {isRunning ? (
+                <div style={{ width: "100%" }}>
+                    <div className="progress" style={{ height: "24px" }}>
+                        <div
+                            className="progress-bar progress-bar-striped progress-bar-animated"
+                            role="progressbar"
+                            style={{ width: `${progress?.percentage ?? 0}%` }}
+                        >
+                            {t("images.batch_ocr_progress", { processed: progress?.processed ?? 0, total: progress?.total ?? 0 })}
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            ) : (
+                <button
+                    type="button"
+                    className="btn btn-secondary"
+                    onClick={startBatch}
+                >
+                    <span className="bx bx-play" />{" "}{t("images.batch_ocr_start")}
+                </button>
+            )}
+        </OptionsRow>
+    );
+}