Image to Text

Free OCR tool to extract text from images. Upload any photo, screenshot or scanned document and get editable text instantly. Supports 12 languages with high accuracy. 100% browser-based — your images never leave your device.

Input Image

Drop image here or click to upload

JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF — Max 20 MB

Extracted Text

100% Private

Your images are processed entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded to any server.

12 Languages

Extract text in English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and more.

All Formats

Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP and GIF images. Upload files, paste from clipboard or use camera.

How to Extract Text from Images Online

  1. Upload your image — Drag and drop, click to browse, paste from clipboard (Ctrl+V) or capture with your camera on mobile devices.
  2. Select the language — Choose the language of the text in your image. English is selected by default. For best results, match the language to the text in the image.
  3. Click Extract Text — The OCR engine processes your image entirely in your browser. You will see a progress bar as the text is recognized.
  4. Copy or download — Once extracted, copy the text to your clipboard, download it as a .txt file, or edit it directly in the output box.

Supported Image Formats

This OCR tool accepts all common image formats:

  • JPEG/JPG — Photographs, scanned documents, screenshots
  • PNG — Screenshots, diagrams, text on transparent backgrounds
  • WebP — Modern web images from Chrome screenshots
  • BMP — Bitmap images from older scanners
  • GIF — Static GIF images with text content

Tips for Better OCR Accuracy

  • Use clear images — Higher resolution images produce more accurate results. Avoid blurry or low-quality photos.
  • Good lighting — When photographing documents, ensure even lighting without shadows or glare.
  • Straight alignment — Text that is straight and horizontal is recognized more accurately than tilted text.
  • Enable preprocessing — Turn on Grayscale and Enhance Contrast for scanned documents or photos with uneven lighting.
  • Select the correct language — Choosing the right language for your text significantly improves accuracy.

Who Uses Image to Text Conversion

  • Students extract text from textbook photos, lecture slides and handwritten notes to create searchable digital notes.
  • Writers and editors digitize printed content, quotes from books and research materials for articles and publications.
  • Business professionals convert receipts, invoices, business cards and printed documents into editable text.
  • Developers extract error messages, code snippets and log output from screenshots for debugging and documentation.
  • Researchers digitize historical documents, survey responses and printed data tables for analysis.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. This tool uses Tesseract.js, an OCR engine that runs entirely in your web browser using WebAssembly technology. Your images are never uploaded to any server. All processing happens locally on your device. You can verify this by checking the network tab in your browser developer tools — no image data is transmitted.

This tool supports 12 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi and Russian. Select the language from the dropdown before processing your image for the best accuracy.

On the first use, the tool downloads the language training data (typically 2-15 MB depending on the language). This data is cached by your browser, so subsequent extractions using the same language are significantly faster. The progress bar shows the download and recognition status.

The OCR engine works best with printed text and typed content. It can recognize some clear handwriting, but accuracy varies depending on how legible the handwriting is. For best results with handwriting, use high-resolution photos with good lighting and enable the Enhance Contrast option.

The maximum file size is 20 MB. Since processing happens in your browser, very large images may take longer to process depending on your device performance. For fastest results, use images under 5 MB.