Image to Text (OCR)
Free online OCR. Extract text from images, screenshots, photos, and scans right in your browser — 100+ languages, no upload, no signup.
Drag & drop an image, or click to browse
Screenshot, photo or scan · the AI reads it privately in your browser — nothing is uploaded
First run downloads the AI engine + language data (cached after).
About the Image to Text (OCR)
Our free image-to-text (OCR) tool reads the text inside an image and turns it into editable, copyable text — entirely in your browser. Drop in a screenshot, photo, scanned page, or any picture with text, choose the language, and the AI optical character recognition engine extracts the words for you. It supports more than 100 languages and runs on your own device using WebAssembly, so your image is never uploaded to a server and there is no signup or limit. It is perfect for copying text from screenshots, digitizing notes and documents, grabbing quotes from photos, and pulling text out of images you cannot select.
Features
- Extract text from images, screenshots, photos, and scans
- Powered by on-device AI OCR (Tesseract, WebAssembly)
- 14 selectable language presets
- Copy or download the extracted text
- Nothing uploaded — runs entirely in your browser
- Free, no signup, no limits
How to use this tool
The Image to Text (OCR) works right in your browser — no signup, no installation. Follow these steps:
- Drag and drop an image or click to choose one.
- Pick the language of the text in the image.
- Click Extract text and wait for the AI to read it.
- Copy or download the recognized text.
Frequently asked questions
Is this OCR tool really free and private?
Yes. The text recognition runs entirely in your browser with WebAssembly, so your image never leaves your device and is never uploaded to a server. There is no signup, no watermark, and no page limit.
Which languages and formats can I choose?
This page offers English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Turkish. PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF and BMP images are accepted.
Why is the first run slower?
The first time you use it, the OCR engine and the language data download to your browser (from a public CDN, not our server) and are then cached. After that, recognition is much faster.
How can I get the best accuracy?
Use a clear, high-resolution image with good contrast and straight (not skewed) text. Screenshots and clean scans work best; very small, blurry, or stylized text is harder to read.
Using the results
The Image to Text (OCR) processes supported inputs in your browser. Check the tool instructions for its method and limits: some tools use local models, while others use encoding libraries or fixed rules.