Image to Text (OCR)

Free Online Image to Text Converter (OCR)

Upload any image, screenshot, or photo containing text and instantly extract the words as editable text. Powered by Tesseract OCR running inside your browser via WebAssembly, so your images never leave your device. Supports 13 major languages and works on printed text, screenshots, scanned documents, signs, and more.

How to Extract Text from an Image

1. Upload or drag & drop your image.
2. Pick the language the text is written in.
3. Click Extract Text and wait for processing to complete.
4. Copy the extracted text or download it as a .txt file.

Tips for Better Accuracy

• Use clear, well-lit, high-resolution images — blurry photos produce more errors.
• Make sure the text is upright (not rotated) and the background has good contrast.
• Pick the correct language — accuracy drops a lot when the language is wrong.
• Printed and typed text works great. Cursive handwriting is generally not reliable.
• Crop out unrelated parts of the image before uploading for faster, cleaner results.

Common Use Cases

Copy text from a screenshot you can't select, digitize a printed page or receipt, extract quotes from a book photo, pull numbers out of a scanned invoice, grab text from a sign or whiteboard photo, or prepare foreign-language text to paste into a translator.

Why Use Our OCR Tool?

• 100% free — no signup, no watermarks, no file limits.
• Completely private — OCR runs locally in your browser, images are never uploaded.
• Supports 13 languages, including English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic.
• Edit the extracted text directly before copying or downloading.
• Works on desktop and mobile.