How to use the Image to Text (OCR)
- Drop one or more images — or paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V.
- Pick the language of the text for the best accuracy.
- Wait a few seconds per image, then copy or download the text and fix any misread words.
How OCR works here
Optical character recognition finds lines of text in an image and recognises the characters with a neural network. This tool runs Tesseract, the open-source OCR engine originally developed at HP and later by Google, compiled to WebAssembly so it works entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded — useful for IDs, contracts, invoices and screenshots of private messages.
Getting the best results
- Use a sharp, straight image — text at least 20 pixels tall, good contrast, no blur. Screenshots work best of all.
- Pick the right language — accents and special letters are only recognised with the matching language data.
- Crop to the text — photos with lots of background, tables or columns can mix up the reading order.
- Handwriting is not supported well; OCR is built for printed text.
Multiple images and PDFs
Drop several images and their text is extracted one after another into the same result. For scanned PDFs, use PDF to Word with OCR turned on — it reads every page and builds a Word document.
Languages
English data is included. Other languages download their recognition data (2–4 MB) from the jsDelivr CDN the first time you choose them; the images themselves still never leave your device.
Tools that pair well with the Image to Text (OCR)
- QR Code Scanner — Point your camera at a QR code, or drop an image or screenshot that contains one.
- Image Compressor — Shrink photos and graphics by 50–90% without visible quality loss.
- Word Counter — Paste or type your text to count words and characters live — plus reading and speaking time, keyword density and length checks for SEO titles, meta descriptions and social posts.
- Barcode Generator — Make scannable barcodes for products, inventory, shipping and libraries — check digits are calculated for you, and you can download a sharp SVG for print or a PNG for documents.