Extract text from any image, photo or screenshot in seconds. Free online OCR that works in your browser, with no sign-up and no uploads.
Click to choose or drag and drop images here
You can also paste a screenshot anywhere on this page with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac).
Tap a picture above to edit it. Cropping to just the text gives better results.
Your images are processed on your device and never uploaded. Language files are downloaded once to read the text.
Works best with printed text, screenshots and documents. Clear handwriting can work, but results vary.
How to extract text from an image: add a photo, screenshot or scanned page, choose the language and click Extract Text. Then copy the text or download it as a TXT or Word file.
Use it as often as you like, with no account and no watermark.
It works on your device. Your images are never uploaded.
Read English, Spanish, German, Arabic, Chinese and more.
Paste a screenshot, drag in a file or take a photo on your phone.
Add up to 10 images and get the text from each one.
Copy the text, or save it as a .txt or Word file.
Add your image: click to choose, drag it in, paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V, or take a photo on your phone.
Choose the language of the text.
Optional: rotate the image or crop it to just the text.
Click Extract Text and wait while the text is read.
Edit the text if needed, then copy it or download it as a .txt or Word file.
OCR stands for optical character recognition. It looks at the shapes of the letters in an image and turns them into real text you can edit, search and copy. This tool uses Tesseract, a widely used open-source OCR engine, right in your browser.
Yes. It is completely free, with no sign-up and no watermark.
No. The text is read on your own device, in your browser, and your images are never uploaded or stored. Only the language file is downloaded, once, to read the text.
Open this page in your phone browser, tap Take photo or choose a picture, then tap Extract Text. When the text appears, tap Copy and paste it wherever you need it.
Sometimes. Clear, neat handwriting can work, but results vary. Printed text, screenshots and documents give the best results.
15 languages: English, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese (Simplified) and Japanese. Choose the language of the text before you start.
JPG, JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF (the first frame), BMP and HEIC photos from iPhones, up to 20 MB each.
Take the screenshot, then press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac) on this page to paste it, or choose the file. Click Extract Text and copy the result.
Yes. Add up to 10 images. Each one gets its own text box, and you can copy all the text or download it as one .txt file.
Usually the image is blurry, the contrast is low or the wrong language is selected. Try a sharper photo, crop to just the text, straighten the image and pick the right language.
Yes. Click Download .docx under the result to save it as a Word document. You can also download a .txt file or copy the text.
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