Image to Text OCR Extractor
Turn screenshots, photos of documents and scanned pages into editable text. Drop or paste an image, and the text is read right in your browser with OCR, so the image is never uploaded.
Drop images or screenshots here
PNG, JPG, WebP, HEIC… or paste with Ctrl+V / ⌘V · nothing is uploaded
Text is read on your device. Your images are never uploaded.
How to Use Image to Text (OCR) Online for Free
This image to text converter uses Tesseract, a proven open-source OCR engine, compiled to run inside your browser. Drop a screenshot, a photo of a document, a receipt or a scanned page, or simply paste an image with Ctrl+V or ⌘V, and the recognized text appears in an editable box, ready to correct, copy or save as a .txt file. Choose from 20 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Hindi. The OCR engine and language data download once and are cached by your browser, after which recognition starts almost instantly. Your images are processed entirely on your device and are never uploaded to a server, so it's safe for IDs, invoices, private messages and confidential documents. It's free, works with batches of images, and needs no account.
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Choose the language of the text, then drop images into the box above or paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V / ⌘V.
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Wait a moment while the text is read. The first run downloads the OCR engine, which is then cached.
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Correct anything that was misread, then copy the text or download it as a .txt file.
Why use this Image to Text (OCR)
Paste screenshots
Paste straight from your clipboard; there's no need to save the image first.
20 languages
Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, Devanagari, Chinese, Japanese and Korean scripts.
Editable results
Fix any misread characters before you copy or download the text.
Never uploaded
Recognition runs on your device, so private images stay private.
Popular uses for the Image to Text (OCR)
Copy text from screenshots
Grab text from images, videos and apps that won't let you select it.
Digitize printed documents
Turn photos of letters, book pages and handouts into editable text.
Extract receipts and invoices
Pull totals and details from receipts for expenses and bookkeeping.
Translate text in images
Extract foreign-language text, then paste it into a translator.
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Fast, private text tools in your browser
Count words, check reading time, compare drafts and extract text from images with free online text tools that run entirely on your device. Nothing you paste or drop is uploaded or stored, so they're safe for unpublished articles, contracts and anything confidential.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the image to text conversion?
Clear, high-contrast text such as screenshots and scanned documents is usually recognized almost perfectly. Blurry photos, handwriting and decorative fonts are harder, so check the result and correct anything misread before using it.
Are my images uploaded for OCR?
No. The OCR engine runs inside your browser, so images never leave your device. Only the engine and language data are downloaded, once, the first time you use a language.