Image to Text (OCR)
Copy the text out of screenshots, photos and scans.
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Runs on your device. No upload wait.
What you get
- Over 120 languages
- Several pictures
Questions
How does it work?
It runs Tesseract (Apache 2.0), the open-source text recognition engine, in your browser. Each language is a small file (1 to 12 MB) that downloads once from this site the first time you use it, then stays in your browser; nothing you read is uploaded.
How can I get the best results?
Choose the language the text is in (and a second one for mixed text). Sharp, straight, well-lit pictures read best; crop away everything but the text if you can. Printed text works much better than handwriting, which Tesseract mostly can’t read.
Does it keep the layout?
It keeps lines and paragraphs, in reading order. Tables and columns come out as plain lines of text. To make a scanned PDF searchable and copyable in place, use OCR PDF.
Are my pictures uploaded anywhere?
No. Your pictures are opened and processed on your device, and the results are saved straight back to it. Nothing is uploaded. How to check.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
It is free to use and there is nothing to sign up for. There are no watermarks and no daily limits.
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