Image to Text (OCR)
Extract text from an image.
Extract text from an image.
How to use Image to Text (OCR)
- Upload a screenshot, document photo, receipt, or sign
- Let the on-device OCR engine read the words
- Copy the selectable extracted text in seconds
About Image to Text (OCR)
Image to Text (OCR) is a free image-to-text converter that pulls the words out of a picture and hands them back as real, selectable text you can copy. Drop in a screenshot, a photo of a document, a scanned page, a receipt or a photo of a sign, and the tool reads the characters and returns editable text in seconds — no retyping. It works as a simple image-to-text conversion step whenever you have words trapped in an image and need them as plain text to paste into a note, an email or a search box.
Accuracy depends on the picture: sharp, high-contrast images where the text is upright and not too small convert far better than blurry, angled or dim photos. It reads English text, so it's built for English documents, screenshots and receipts rather than other scripts. Note that this is image-to-text, not a text-to-image generator — it turns pictures into words, not words into pictures.
Everything runs on your own device. Your image is never uploaded to a server; only the OCR engine and English language model download once (then stay cached), so the first conversion is a little slower and every one after is fast. It's completely free, with no sign-up and no limits.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the image-to-text tool free?
- Yes — it's completely free with no sign-up and no limits on how many images you convert.
- Is my image uploaded to a server?
- No. The text recognition runs entirely in your browser, so your image never leaves your device. Only the OCR engine and language model are downloaded once — not your picture.
- How do I convert an image to text?
- Upload or drop in your image and the tool reads it and returns the text automatically, usually within a few seconds. From there you can select the whole result and copy it wherever you need it.
- Can I extract text from a screenshot?
- Yes. Screenshots are one of the cleanest sources for OCR because the text is sharp and evenly lit, so the tool usually reads them very accurately. Just add the screenshot and copy the text it pulls out.
- Can I get text out of a photo or a scanned document?
- Yes — a phone photo of a page or a scanned document both work. For the best result, keep the page flat, well-lit and shot square-on so the lines of text stay straight.
- Can I pull the text off a receipt or a sign?
- Yes. Receipts, signs, labels and other everyday photos of text all work, as long as the characters are reasonably clear and upright. Blurry, very small or steeply angled crops are the main things that trip OCR up.
- What is OCR?
- OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. It's the technology that turns a picture of text into real, editable text you can copy, search and paste.
- Which languages does it read?
- It reads English text. For best results the words should be reasonably clear and upright; other scripts aren't supported.
- How do I get the most accurate result?
- Use a sharp, high-contrast image where the text is straight and not too small. Photos taken square-on with good lighting convert far better than blurry or angled ones.
- Can I copy the extracted text afterward?
- Yes — the result comes back as normal selectable text, so you can copy all of it and paste it into a note, email, document or search box. Nothing is locked to the tool.
- Does this turn text into an image instead?
- No. This is an image-to-text converter, so it reads words out of pictures. If you want a text-to-image generator that creates a picture from a written prompt, that's a different kind of tool.
- Why is the first run slow?
- The first time, it downloads the OCR engine and English model. That's cached afterwards, so every conversion after the first is much faster.