OCR Image to Text
Extract text from images, screenshots and scanned documents instantly using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Supports JPG, PNG, WebP and 12+ languages including English, French, Arabic, Yoruba and Hausa. Runs entirely in your browser — your images never leave your device.
or click to browse
🌐 Select language in the image:
How to Extract Text from an Image
4 simple steps — takes under 30 seconds
Why Use Our OCR Tool?
Who Can Use This Tool?
What Our OCR Tool Offers
Frequently Asked Questions
Upload your image using the drop zone, select the language, then click Extract Text. The text is extracted and displayed instantly. You can copy it to clipboard or download it as a TXT file — no signup needed.
JPG, JPEG, PNG and WebP images are all supported. Screenshots, scanned documents, photos and pictures of text all work.
12+ languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Hindi, Yoruba, Hausa, Italian and Russian. Select the correct language before extracting for best accuracy.
Yes. All OCR processing happens entirely in your browser using Tesseract.js. Your image never leaves your device and is never uploaded to any server.
Yes. Upload a scan of a printed document and the OCR engine will extract the readable text. For best results, use a clear, high-contrast scan at 300 DPI or higher.
OCR accuracy depends on image quality, font type and lighting. For best results: use high-resolution images, ensure good contrast between text and background, and select the correct language. Handwritten text is harder to recognise than printed text.