Image to Text OCR

Extract text from images using OCR technology. Convert photos, screenshots, and scanned documents to editable text instantly.

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What is Image to Text OCR?

Image to Text OCR (Optical Character Recognition) extracts readable text from images, photos, screenshots, and scanned documents. Convert printed or handwritten text in JPG, PNG, or WebP images into editable digital text instantly. Our online OCR tool supports over 20 languages including English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and more, making it perfect for digitizing documents, extracting text from photos, or converting scanned PDFs to text.

How to Extract Text from Images

Upload any image containing text - screenshots, photos of documents, scanned pages, business cards, or receipts. Select your document's language from over 20 supported languages for optimal OCR accuracy. Click "Extract Text" to process the image using advanced Tesseract OCR technology. The extracted text appears instantly with character count, word count, and confidence score. Copy the text to your clipboard or download as a TXT file for use in Word documents, spreadsheets, or text editors.

OCR Language Support and Accuracy

Our OCR tool supports 20+ languages including English, Spanish (Español), French (Français), German (Deutsch), Chinese Simplified and Traditional, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian. Select the correct language before processing to maximize OCR accuracy. The confidence score indicator shows recognition quality: high (green) for clear, well-scanned text, medium (yellow) for acceptable accuracy, and low (red) when image quality may affect results.

When to Use Image to Text Conversion

Use OCR text extraction for digitizing printed documents, converting scanned PDFs to editable text, extracting text from screenshots for documentation, transcribing business cards and receipts for record-keeping, or copying text from photos when retyping isn't practical. Perfect for students scanning textbook pages, professionals digitizing paper documents, researchers extracting data from images, or anyone needing to convert image text to searchable, editable digital format. Works with smartphone photos, scanned documents, and digital screenshots.

Fast and Accurate Text Recognition

Powered by Tesseract.js OCR engine, our tool processes images entirely in your browser for instant results and complete privacy. Real-time progress tracking shows recognition status as text is extracted. Character and word counts update automatically, helping you verify extracted content completeness. Download extracted text as TXT files compatible with all text editors, word processors, and note-taking apps. The copy-to-clipboard feature lets you paste recognized text directly into emails, documents, or spreadsheets without downloading.