Image to Text (OCR) — Free Online

Extract text from images and photos using optical character recognition (OCR). Supports screenshots, scanned documents, and photos of text.

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JPG, PNG, WebP — Max 10MB

OCR Settings

Language

Output Format

Tip: High contrast images with clear text work best. Avoid decorative fonts and small text.

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How to Use Image to Text (OCR)

Upload ImageSelect or drag and drop your image file (JPG, PNG, WebP — max 10MB)

Select LanguageChoose the language of the text in your image for better accuracy

Extract & CopyGet your text instantly — copy to clipboard or download as .txt

Image to Text (OCR) — Free Online — No Software Required

Extract text from images using OCR technology. Screenshots, scanned documents, photos of business cards, receipts, book pages, and signs all contain text that is locked inside an image and cannot be selected or searched. OCR reads the pixel patterns of characters and converts them to editable, searchable, and copyable text. This is invaluable for digitizing printed materials, extracting data from screenshots, converting scanned documents to editable text, and making text in images accessible to screen readers and search engines.

Common Uses

Extract text from screenshots to paste into documents
Digitize printed receipts and invoices for expense tracking
Convert scanned textbook pages to editable text
Extract information from photos of business cards

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Tooliby processes your image on our secure server and deletes it immediately after you download. Your images are never stored, never shared, and never used for any other purpose. No account creation, no email verification, no credit card. Just upload and use.

Frequently Asked Questions

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is technology that identifies and extracts text from images. It analyzes the pixel patterns that form characters and converts them to machine-readable text.

Clear, high-contrast images with horizontal text work best. Crooked text, decorative fonts, very small text, and poor lighting reduce accuracy significantly.

Our tool is optimized for printed text. Handwriting recognition requires specialized models and is much less accurate.

English text extraction works reliably. Other Latin-alphabet languages work with varying accuracy. Non-Latin scripts like Arabic, Chinese, or Korean require specialized OCR engines.

Yes, completely free — no account, no signup, and no payment needed. Open the tool and use it directly in your browser with no limits.