Sometimes the text you need is trapped inside a picture — a screenshot, a scanned page, a photo of a document. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) reads that image and gives you back real, copy-paste-able text.
Extract text from an image
- Open Image to Text.
- Upload your photo or screenshot.
- Wait a few seconds while the OCR engine reads it, then download the text.
It runs in your browser using WebAssembly, so the image is never uploaded.
Tips for the best results
- Use a clear, straight image. Good lighting and sharp focus dramatically improve accuracy.
- Crop out clutter so the tool focuses on the text.
- Higher resolution helps — a bigger, sharper image reads better than a tiny one.
Common uses
- Copying text from a screenshot you can't select.
- Digitising a printed note or receipt.
- Pulling a quote from a photo of a book or sign.
Scanned PDFs
If your text is inside a scanned PDF rather than an image, use OCR PDF instead — it produces a searchable PDF with a real text layer.
Try it: Image to Text →