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Image to Text (OCR).
Extract text from photos, screenshots and scanned images with local OCR in 11 languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Chinese and Japanese. Review, correct, copy or export TXT and Word.
JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP or GIF (first frame) · up to 10 images, 15 MiB each, 60 MiB per run, 25 megapixels per image. Images stay in your browser; the OCR engine and selected language models load from this site (about 2–20 MB per model, cached after first use).
Printed text, screenshots and clear photos work best. Handwriting, decorative fonts, low resolution, blur, perspective and complex tables are unreliable. Recognition does not rebuild layout, tables or formatting. Always review the text before relying on it.
How to use Image to Text (OCR)
Choose, drop or paste up to ten images, select one to three recognition languages, then extract text. Check words highlighted below 80% confidence, correct the text, and copy it or download a .txt or Word file.
How it works
Recognition uses Tesseract LSTM models (tessdata_best) served from this site: English, French, Arabic, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Hindi, simplified Chinese and Japanese, up to three per run. Images are decoded with their EXIF orientation, optionally rotated, enlarged when text is small and cleaned up: automatic mode converts to grayscale, stretches contrast and inverts light text on dark backgrounds. Layout modes cover automatic page segmentation, a single column, a single block or a single line; automatic mode retries a single block when nothing is found. Confidence is reported per image and words below 80% are highlighted, but confidence is not an accuracy guarantee. Text is editable before copying or export; Word export places one image per page and does not include the images. Generated example checks are not a general accuracy measurement. Images stay in the browser.
Example
Paste a dark-mode screenshot with small text: automatic cleanup inverts and enlarges it before recognition, then copy the corrected text.
Questions about Image to Text (OCR)
Is Image to Text (OCR) free, and do I need an account?
Yes. This tool is free to use in your browser without an account. Processing takes place on your device.
What are the limits and what should I check?
JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP or GIF first frame; up to 10 images, 15 MiB each, 60 MiB and 500,000 characters per run, 25 megapixels per image. Images are reduced to about 12 megapixels for recognition. Printed text only; handwriting, decorative fonts, blur, perspective and complex tables are unreliable. No layout, table or formatting reconstruction. Review image dimensions, transparency and quality before downloading.
Is my input sent to a server?
Your input is processed in your browser and is not uploaded by this tool. Files and pasted text are cleared when the page is refreshed. Normal website requests are still required to load the page and its libraries. Read the privacy explanation.