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Image to Text (OCR)

Turn a photo of a document, sign or page into text you can copy and edit.

or drop it here, or paste a screenshot Files stay on your device
Languages in the image

How to use the image to text (ocr)

  1. Choose, drop or paste an image.
  2. Tick the languages in the image.
  3. Copy the text or download it as .txt.

Tips for better results

  • Photograph straight on, in good light, without shadows.
  • Crop to the text with the Image Cropper.
  • Small text needs a higher-resolution image.

Examples

Photo of a printed letter

Editable text

Scanned page in French (tick French)

Text with accents

Questions

How accurate is the text recognition?

Sharp, high-contrast printed text is usually read almost perfectly. Handwriting, unusual fonts, low-resolution photos and text on busy backgrounds cause mistakes, so check the result. Cropping to just the text helps.

Which engine does it use?

Tesseract, the open-source OCR engine, compiled to WebAssembly. The language data is downloaded from this site the first time (1–3 MB per language).

Are my files uploaded?

No. Everything happens in your browser on your own device, so your files are never sent to a server.