OCR (Image to Text)
Extract text from images using OCR
Drop an image with text
Extract text from images using OCR
Works with any file size -- files over 50MB may just take a little longer
What is this tool?
Extracts readable text from an image or scanned document using Optical Character Recognition, turning a picture of text into text you can actually select, copy, and edit. Runs entirely in your browser -- the image never leaves your device.
How to use it
Upload an image containing text, and the tool scans and extracts the readable text automatically. Copy the result.
Clear, high-contrast, well-lit scans produce far more accurate results than a blurry photo or a low-resolution image — if accuracy matters, it's worth re-scanning a source document rather than working from a rough phone photo. This reads images specifically, not PDFs -- for a scanned PDF, use the PDF OCR tool instead, which handles multi-page documents properly.
Watch: OCR (Image to Text) in Action
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Frequently asked questions
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