Click to upload or drop an image
JPG, PNG, WebP or a screenshot — read in your browser, never uploadedAbout this tool
This free Image to Text (OCR) tool reads the text inside an image, photo or screenshot and turns it into text you can copy, edit or download. It supports many languages and runs on your device — the picture is never uploaded.
OCR (optical character recognition) works best on clear, high-contrast text; handwriting and low-quality scans are harder.
Features
- Extract text from JPG, PNG, WebP images and screenshots
- Many languages — English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more
- Copy the text or download it as a .txt file
- 100% in your browser — the image is never uploaded
Common uses
- Copy text out of a screenshot or photo
- Pull a quote or address from a picture
- Digitize text from a scanned page
How to use it
- Upload an image — click the upload area or drag and drop
- Pick the language of the text
- Extract text — the first run downloads the engine (a few MB)
- Copy or download the extracted text