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Image to Text (OCR)

Extract text from images, screenshots, and scanned documents using on-device OCR. Nothing is ever uploaded to a server.

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About Image to Text (OCR)

Image to Text is a free OCR online tool that reads the words inside a photo, screenshot, or scanned document and turns them into editable, searchable text. Instead of retyping a quote from a picture or a paragraph from a scanned form, upload the image and let optical character recognition do the work in seconds.

Everything runs locally in your browser through WebAssembly, so this works as a photo to text converter with no upload step. Your image is never sent to a server, which makes it safe to use on personal photos, private notes, or confidential documents.

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How to Extract Text from an Image

  1. Upload your image. Drop a photo, screenshot, or scan into the upload area or browse for it. Your file stays on your device.
  2. Choose the recognition language. Select the language that matches the text in your image for the most accurate results.
  3. Click Extract Text. The tool downloads a small language model on first use, then recognizes every word in your image.
  4. Copy or download the result. Use the Copy button to place the text on your clipboard, or download it as a plain .txt file.

Why Use This Tool

Accurate Text Recognition

A modern OCR engine recognizes printed text across eight languages, from screenshots to scanned pages.

Fully Private

Recognition runs entirely on-device. Your images are never uploaded anywhere.

Copy or Download

Grab the result instantly with one click, or save it as a plain text file for later.

Works on Any Photo

Screenshots, phone photos, and scanned documents all work without any special preparation.

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Who Should Use This Tool

  • Students pulling quotes and notes out of textbook photos and lecture slides.
  • Researchers digitizing printed articles, reports, and archival documents.
  • Office workers copying text from screenshots of chats, emails, or PDFs.
  • Journalists transcribing text from photographed documents and public records.
  • Anyone who needs to reuse text that is trapped inside an image instead of retyping it.
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Privacy First

Optical character recognition happens entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly, so your photos and documents are never uploaded, stored, or shared with any server. You can extract text from sensitive images with confidence that they never leave your device.

Upload a photo, screenshot, or scanned document and click Extract Text to pull out every word using on-device OCR. The recognized text appears in an editable box below the image, ready to copy or download as a .txt file, and no account or upload is required.
Yes, every image you select is processed entirely inside your own browser and never leaves your device. The recognition engine runs locally using WebAssembly, so this works as a photo to text converter with no upload step at all.
Yes, this tool is built specifically to copy text from screenshots, chat exports, and social media captures that you cannot normally select. Upload the screenshot, run OCR, and use the Copy button to place the recognized text directly on your clipboard.
This tool currently supports English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, and Hindi. Choose the language that matches your image before extracting text so the recognition engine loads the correct character set.
The first run downloads a compact language model, typically 10 to 15MB, that the recognition engine needs to identify characters accurately. Your browser caches this model afterward, so future extractions in the same language start almost instantly.