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Image to text (OCR)

Pull the text out of a screenshot, photo or scanned page so you can copy, edit or save it. Supports English and a dozen more languages.

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How does image to text work?

Optical character recognition (OCR) finds letters in an image and turns them into text you can copy. Add a screenshot, photo or scan, choose the language, and the text appears in an editable box.

Recognition runs in your browser using Tesseract, so your image isn't uploaded. The first time, the reader and language data (about 5–15 MB) download from a public CDN. Clear, straight, well-lit text gives the best results.

Next steps:PDF to JPGCrop imageMetadata viewer

How it works

  1. Add an image

    A screenshot, photo or scanned page.

  2. Choose the language

    English is selected by default.

  3. Copy the text

    Edit it if needed, then copy or download it.

Guide

  • How to copy text from an image (OCR)

    Extract text from screenshots, photos and scanned documents with free OCR in your browser, in English and a dozen other languages. Tips for accurate results.

Questions

Can it read handwriting?

Neat handwriting sometimes works, but results are much better with printed text.

Which languages are supported?

English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Indonesian, Malay, Bengali, Hindi, Arabic, simplified Chinese and Japanese.

Why are some words wrong?

Blur, low contrast and unusual fonts cause mistakes. Crop to just the text and use a sharper image.