Image to text (OCR)
Copy the text out of a photo, screenshot or scan. Optical character recognition runs on your own device, so private documents are never uploaded.
Text recognition by tesseract.js and Tesseract OCR (Apache-2.0).
How to use it
- Drop images, screenshots or scans.
- Pick the language of the text.
- Copy the text or download it as a .txt file.
Questions
How accurate is it?
Clear, straight, well-lit text is read very accurately. Handwriting, stylized fonts and blurry photos are harder.
Does it work on PDFs?
Turn the PDF pages into images first with PDF to PNG, then drop them here.
Are my images uploaded?
No. The conversion runs inside your browser, so your file never leaves your device and nothing is stored on our servers.
Is it free?
Yes. It is free with no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit.