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Image to text (OCR)
Extract text from images, screenshots, and scans with free OCR that runs in your browser. Copy or download the recognized text.
Drop images here, click to upload, or paste a screenshot
PNG, JPG, WebP, BMP — text is recognized in your browser
How to use Image to text (OCR)
Extract text from images with optical character recognition (OCR). Works with screenshots, scanned documents, photos of receipts, and more. The OCR engine (Tesseract) runs entirely in your browser — images are never uploaded.
Getting the best results
- Use sharp, well-lit images with horizontal text
- Crop to the area containing text
- Higher resolution scans (300 DPI) recognize more accurately
The first run downloads the English language model (about 3 MB) from this site and caches it for next time. You can also paste an image straight from your clipboard.
Image to text (OCR) FAQs
Is Image to text (OCR) free?
Image to text (OCR) is a free online tool on ReallyUseful.Tools. No account is required.
Does Image to text (OCR) run in my browser?
Image to text (OCR) is designed to run in your browser where supported, so files can stay on your device instead of being uploaded to a server.
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